“Did Meta just accidentally prove that smart glasses are a liability?” asked James Pero in Gizmodo. CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently drew a stern rebuke from the judge in a landmark trial about social media harms for strolling into court “rocking Meta’s smart glasses.” Ever the salesman, his cute “little stunt” was not an ignorant mistake. Smart glasses are getting increasingly popular, but their rise “comes with some important questions” for society. Meta sold more than 7 million pairs of smart glasses in 2025, which is paltry compared with the 240 million iPhones sold last year that also have filming capabilities. Now Meta wants to take the privacy intrusion a step further, said Dave Lee in Bloomberg, by introducing facial recognition to its smart glasses.

Source: CNN March 10, 2026 16:12 UTC