Instagram Bans Meta Glasses Harassment Videos, Deactivates 2 Accounts With 1 Million Followers
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Updated · Business Insider · Jul 23
Instagram Bans Meta Glasses Harassment Videos, Deactivates 2 Accounts With 1 Million Followers
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 23
Summary
Instagram said it will remove videos shot on Meta glasses that harass strangers in public, targeting prank and pickup clips posted to Reels.
Adam Mosseri said the platform will take down content that exploits or secretly films people, though Meta did not explain how broadly the new rule will be enforced.
2 large pickup-artist accounts that had more than 1 million followers each were already deactivated, and a Meta spokesperson said they violated the glasses-harassment policy.
Meta has also updated the glasses so the camera shuts off if users tamper with the recording indicator light, addressing concerns that people can hide when they are filming.
The crackdown adds to Meta's effort to curb backlash over smart glasses as public wariness grows around covert recording in gyms, stores and on the street.