Meta Sends Glasses Footage To Offshore Annotators

Meta’s Ray-Ban AI glasses, which sold over seven million pairs in 2025, send recorded first-person footage to offshore contractors for manual data labeling, a joint investigation by Swedish newspapers reported. Contractors in Nairobi and elsewhere described reviewing intimate recordings — including sexual activity and bank details — while Meta cites its AI Terms of Service and privacy policy permitting human review. The revelations raise privacy, consent, and labor-protection concerns.