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Norway to Crack Down on Use of Smart Glasses
Officials plan an expert group and urge retailers to pause sales until legal clarity, as Meta readies facial recognition for smart glasses.
- On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Norway announced plans to regulate smart glasses and similar devices, considering a ban on facial recognition features in public spaces.
- Digitalisation Minister Karianne Tung cited artificial intelligence integrated into cameras and microphones on everyday items like glasses and earbuds, warning these create risks of monitoring people in public spaces.
- "We can see that people's private lives and privacy are coming under pressure," Tung said, explaining she wants stricter regulation of smart glasses than currently exists.
- Finn Lutzow-Holm Myrstad of The Norwegian Consumer Council hailed the move but warned that "the potential for abuse is enormous" regarding Meta's facial recognition technology.
- The government plans to appoint an expert group to advise on consumer protection while urging both public and private sectors to develop their own guidelines for these technologies.
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The question is how they will be able to enforce this.
·Hungary
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Norway's Minister for Digitalization is appointing an expert group to advise on how to protect consumers from new technologies.
·Helsinki, Finland
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Norway to crack down on use of smart glasses
Smart glasses allow the wearer to shoot photos and videos, listen to music, take phone calls, translate signs in a foreign language, project text or maps into your field of view, or interact with an integrated AI assistant.
·Mumbai, India
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Digitalisering ministers vil ha stricter regulering av smartbriller. Hun oppfordrer opentlig og private sector til å vurdere bruken av glarene på arbeidsplassen.
·Oslo, Norway
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