2026-02-14
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we're too stupid to fight back. — Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2026-02-13
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we're too stupid to fight back. — Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2021-02-28
“That month, the city of Somerville...passed the state's first ban on government use. It was the second city in the country to do so.” Proud of the role we played the fight against face recognition in Massachusetts. @ACLU_Mass @onekade @kashhill https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition tech in criminal cases
Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.