Meta says it will remove from Instagram some videos filmed with its smart glasses that secretly record, exploit or harass people, particularly “pickup line” pranks targeting women and service workers. The move highlights a problem for the company: glasses designed to make recording effortless are now linked to privacy concerns and abusive content, forcing Meta to moderate material created with its own product.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the platform does not want users covertly filming and harassing others before posting the footage. The article notes that filming strangers in public was already common on short-form video platforms, but smart glasses make it even easier and less conspicuous, raising difficult questions about how Meta will identify and enforce a ban on certain glasses-recorded videos.