{"id":21758,"date":"2026-09-12T06:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21758"},"modified":"2026-09-12T06:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:24:40","slug":"europe-eyes-battle-over-pervert-ai-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21758","title":{"rendered":"Europe eyes battle over &#8216;pervert&#8217; AI glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against \u201cpervert\u201d smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online \u2014 with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant, with sales now hitting the millions.<\/p>\n<p>The devices grabbed attention this summer after a marketing tie-up between Kylie Jenner, beauty mogul and member of the Kardashian dynasty, and tech giant Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Since smartphones are now embedded in daily life, Big Tech is increasingly looking to glasses as the next big thing in wearable technology, helped by AI\u2019s advances.<\/p>\n<p>A 2013 push by Google failed to take off but Meta\u2019s smart spectacles, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, have fared much better.<\/p>\n<p>Meta sold some seven million pairs in 2025, up from a total of two million in 2023 and 2024. Others, including Google and Snap, are also preparing to roll out AI-powered glasses.<\/p>\n<p>But with exponential growth came the backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Worries reached a peak in the summer in Europe, especially in Britain which saw intense media coverage of so-called \u201cpervert glasses\u201d alongisde reports that Meta is developing a facial recognition feature to be integrated into the devices.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, a 17-year-old girl told British broadcaster Channel 4 News in August how she had been approached by a man who covertly recorded her and their interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by AFP, Meta said it has taken multiple steps to prevent tampering with the blinking LED light intended to show other people the device is recording \u2014 a key concern of critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese investments are already having a deterrent effect,\u201d it said, saying companies offering to disable the LED lights had shut down as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 EU \u2018must act\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Norway\u2019s capital Oslo banned the glasses in schools this week as the government mulls regulating their use and considers a ban on features that enable facial recognition in public.<\/p>\n<p>There are similar calls for the European Union to take up the issue, while France\u2019s CNIL data protection watchdog has urged \u201cvigilance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A Swedish designer, Mateusz Pozar, launched a \u201cBan Ray\u201d site earlier this year, providing signs to ban smart glasses from venues and selling stickers.<\/p>\n<p>Pozar said he started the site after his girlfriend was approached by two men wearing the glasses and recording her, which \u201cfreaked her out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said he wanted a discussion about how \u201cwe as a society feel about this technology\u201d before it becomes ubiquitous. \u201cThis is a lever to have a discussion about privacy, personal rights, control over my data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pozar also pointed to his concerns about data extraction after reports about Kenya-based workers who reviewed graphic content captured by Meta\u2019s AI glasses.<\/p>\n<p>EU lawmaker Veronika Cifrova Ostrihonova told AFP she raised the issue with the bloc\u2019s executive after the first cases of women being secretly filmed, seeking to know if the glasses comply with data protection and AI rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am still awaiting an answer,\u201d the Slovak lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need clear EU rules to protect and strong enforcement to make sure new technologies don\u2019t come at the expense of our fundamental rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission said national data protection authorities were \u201cresponsible for monitoring and enforcing\u201d privacy rules.<\/p>\n<p>The EU executive would not be drawn on what further action it could take, but the independent European Data Protection Board commissioned a report expected in autumn looking at the glasses\u2019 \u201csocial acceptability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Consent issues \u2013<\/p>\n<p>That report will guide the European Parliament, where lawmaker Alex Agius Saliba said there were concerns across the political spectrum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must act as soon as possible,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, they are still \u2018pervert glasses\u2019,\u201d Saliba said.\u00a0\u201cAs things stand today, we should definitely go for a ban\u201d until they\u2019re proven safe.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cStop Smart Glasses\u201d campaign launched in Britain and Ireland, with a petition and call for supporters to contact stores to stop their sale.<\/p>\n<p>The petition has more than 9,100 signatures so far. The British government must respond if it reaches 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>One of the campaign\u2019s founders, teacher Guy Holder, said he had several concerns about the glasses including their effects on girls and women and a broader \u201cinvasion\u201d of public spaces that could lead to \u201ctotal surveillance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also concerned more broadly about an atmosphere in which it feels like anybody can film anybody without their knowledge or consent,\u201d he told AFP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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