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Meta Platforms, Inc. "Meta AI Glasses" Consumer Litigation

Wolf Popper LLP represents consumers in a class action lawsuit alleging that Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) and Luxottica of America, Inc. (“Luxottica”) captured, stored, and transmitted users’ private audiovisual data through the companies’ AI-enabled “Meta AI Glasses” without disclosure or owners’ consent. As alleged, the Glasses captured audio and video even when users did not intend to record, and Meta then sent this sensitive material—which included intimate, private, and confidential content—to contractors in Nairobi, Kenya where it was manually reviewed by “data annotators” employed by a subcontracted company to be used to improve Meta’s AI models.
 
Meta and Luxottica stated that their “commitment to privacy continues to be at the core of the product,” and repeatedly assured consumers that the Product was “designed for privacy, controlled by you” and that “You’re in control of your data and content.” However, an investigative report released by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet revealed that thousands of data annotators at the subcontractor company known as Sama based in Nairobi, Kenya manually reviewed footage captured by the Glasses, which included images of financial documents, private conversations, and even individuals in states of undress. These practices were never disclosed to consumers, and users had no way to know of or consent to them.
 
The class action alleges that Meta and Luxottica’s conduct violated federal and state privacy laws, including the federal Wiretap Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, California’s Unfair Competition Law, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and New York’s consumer protection statutes.
 
The case is 3:26-cv-02118, and is currently pending in the Northern District of California.
 

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