Instagram is increasing scrutiny on smart glasses videos that appear to cross into harassment. In a recent Instagram story, head Adam Mosseri said the platform will remove content that exploits or targets people for views, including the kind of pickup-style clips that have become more common as camera glasses have spread.
Mosseri said the company does not want people secretly filming others and then posting the material on Instagram. The report notes that these videos are not new, but the easier access to camera-equipped glasses has helped fuel a rise in hidden-camera pranks and similar clips across video-sharing platforms, from attempts to flirt with strangers to stunts involving retail workers.
Meta has also recently removed two accounts with more than one million followers, according to Business Insider, after they posted pickup-artist videos involving women who may not have realized they were being filmed. A Meta spokesperson said the accounts were taken down under the company’s existing bullying and harassment policy. That policy covers content meant to degrade or shame people, but the report points out that enforcement can be murky because context and intent matter so much.
The privacy concerns around smart glasses are growing beyond Instagram, with some apps aimed at detecting them in public and some places moving toward bans. Meta’s own glasses include a front-facing light that turns on during recording, though the report says that safeguard has been a recurring issue. Hackers have found ways to work around it, prompting Meta to push a mandatory update that can disable glasses if the indicator is tampered with.
Source: lifehacker.com
