Eyewear, Not Spywear!
Last updated on April 13, 2026
We must act quickly to stop Meta from rolling out invasive facial recognition tech
Tech giant Meta is poised to add facial recognition technology to its AI glasses. This planned “name tag” feature would violate our privacy and liberty.
In recent years, Meta has partnered with eyewear brands Ray-Ban and Oakley to create AI glasses. This mass-market eyewear can connect to the internet and record the wearer’s physical surroundings — including nearby people who are often unaware they are being recorded.
Now, according to an internal company memo leaked to the New York Times, Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI glasses.
This planned “name tag” feature would let anyone with the glasses covertly identify people around them — at a protest or a medical clinic, on the subway or at a playground. After scanning a nearby face, this product could provide the glasses wearer with data from Meta companies Facebook and Instagram, revealing potentially sensitive information that people didn't intend passing strangers to see.
—The American people have not consented to this massive invasion of privacy. It’s dangerous and dystopian, and Meta must disavow it."
Kade Crockford, director of technology and justice programs at the ACLU of Massachusetts
People wearing Meta’s glasses could potentially link the identities they obtain to digital databases containing a wealth of sensitive information on their target’s job, hobbies, health, and relationships.
Stalkers, scam artists, and government agents could use this technology to cause serious harm.
Join us in saying NO to Big Tech’s destruction of our privacy!
How lawmakers can protect Massachusetts residents
Lawmakers are considering privacy legislation that would prohibit companies like Meta from collecting our biometric data in the manner envisioned by the “name tag” feature.
The Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (H.4746) would give all Massachusetts residents robust privacy rights for the digital age.
Learn more about the bill and the ACLU’s campaign for strong data privacy protections.
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