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Meta Bans Harassing Instagram Glasses Videos, Adds Camera Lock
7/25/2026
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- Meta is banning Instagram videos filmed with its glasses that harass strangers.
- Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that “pickup line” prank videos will be removed.
- Meta released software that disables the camera when the recording LED is tampered.
- Albert Aydin told The Verge that the company is fighting surreptitious filming.
- Critics say the tiny LED indicator is easy to miss, raising privacy worries.
