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Meta AI Glasses Showed Bank Info, Naked People, and Porn to Overseas Workers: Report
A Swedish probe revealed contract workers viewed explicit footage from Meta’s AI glasses, raising privacy concerns prompting the UK Information Commissioner's Office to seek compliance details.
- Published March 05, 2026, Svenska Dagbladet and Goteborgs-Posten reported contract workers viewed highly private footage from Meta's AI glasses, including bank details and explicit imagery.
- Because Meta relies on human annotators, the technology company says it filters data before sharing with contract workers, but the Swedish investigation disputes this in the data-annotation pipeline.
- The devices' features—payments and celebrity-voiced assistants—generate user data as wearers use notifications and video capture, producing footage contractors review from Meta AI smart glasses sold in the U.S. and India.
- The UK Information Commissioner's Office has written to Meta requesting more information, while social media users expressed outrage over how sensitive content was handled.
- Because some wearers left devices active accidentally, contract workers often located in Kenya shared distress about viewing explicit and invasive material during their jobs.
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