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Dutch optical retailer Hans Anders has paused sales of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid privacy concerns. Dutch regulators and advocacy groups have questioned consent and hidden recording, while Meta says a non-disableable light signals when the camera is active.
Hans Anders stops selling Ray-Ban Meta in the Netherlands and Belgium over privacy, and Meta faces an October 13 deadline from a Dutch consumer group.
The opticians chain Hans Anders has stopped selling Meta's smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium following concerns over privacy, the AD newspaper reported. This follows calls in the Dutch parliament and from NGOs to ban the glasses due to unauthorised filming of people with the new product.