Instagram is finally going after Ray-Ban Meta-wearing creeps
Getting filmed without your knowledge by someone wearing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses might soon have real consequences, at least on Instagram. Business Insider reports the platform has started pulling videos showing wearers harassing strangers, covering everything from staged pickup-line encounters to workplace pranks aimed at cashiers and fast-food employees. Each had built up a following north of a million before the platform pulled the plug, and a company spokesperson confirmed the removals were tied directly to the new harassment policy.
- ▪Getting filmed without your knowledge by someone wearing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses might soon have real consequences, at least on Instagram.
- ▪Business Insider reports the platform has started pulling videos showing wearers harassing strangers, covering everything from staged pickup-line encounters to workplace pranks aimed at cashiers and fast-food employees.
- ▪Each had built up a following north of a million before the platform pulled the plug, and a company spokesperson confirmed the removals were tied directly to the new harassment policy.
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Getting filmed without your knowledge by someone wearing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses might soon have real consequences, at least on Instagram. Business Insider reports the platform has started pulling videos showing wearers harassing strangers, covering everything from staged pickup-line encounters to workplace pranks aimed at cashiers and fast-food employees. Instagram head Adam Mosseri addressed the issue in a recent Instagram Story, saying the platform is “trying to fight that every way we can.” Two accounts down, but the rulebook is missing So far, the clearest sign of enforcement is two deactivated accounts, both run by pickup artists who used the glasses to film women as they approached them in public.
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