UK privacy regulator presses Meta over reports contractors view intimate footage from AI smart glasses

Britain’s privacy watchdog said it will seek answers from Meta after a Swedish media investigation reported that subcontracted workers in Kenya reviewed sensitive footage captured by the company’s AI-enabled Ray-Ban smart glasses, including intimate scenes. Meta acknowledged that contractors sometimes evaluate user-submitted images and videos to improve product performance and said data is filtered to protect privacy, though sources cited in the report said faces were not always obscured. The Information Commissioner’s Office said devices that process personal data must provide transparency and user control, and it will ask Meta how it complies with U.K. data-protection law. The scrutiny underscores rising regulatory and reputational risks around AI wearables as they gain mainstream features and adoption.

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