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Meta facial recognition in AI glasses draws opposition of ACLU, other groups

By Mike Swift ( April 13, 2026, 23:58 GMT | Comment) -- Meta Platforms faces growing pushback from civil rights groups, labor unions and other advocates to any plan to introduce facial recognition to its Meta AI smart glasses. Beyond a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union and more than 70 labor unions and rights groups telling Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that putting facial recognition into Meta AI glasses would unleash “an inherently invasive, unethical, and unreliable technology," the company could also face difficult compliance choices around state biometric privacy laws.Meta Platforms faces growing pushback from civil rights groups to any effort to introduce facial recognition to its Meta AI smart glasses, just a month after the company was hit by two high-profile court verdicts in part over its “move fast” ethos....

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