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British pub giant Wetherspoon outlaws filming on Meta glasses

Customers will be told to 'turn off the cameras' if they want to enter any more of its more than 800 venues across the UK

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Customers will be told to 'turn off the cameras' if they want to enter any more of its more than 800 venues across the UK. 'Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras. Customers at Wetherspoons pubs have been banned from using the recording function on Meta glasses amid fears the devices are being used to secretly film people.

Furthermore, A Meta spokesperson told the Daily Mail: 'People use our glasses because they're helpful and let them stay in the moment, from listening to music to live translation or hands-free calls.

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Customers will be told to 'turn off the cameras' if they want to enter any more of its more than 800 venues across the UK.
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'Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras.
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Customers at Wetherspoons pubs have been banned from using the recording function on Meta glasses amid fears the devices are being used to secretly film people.
according to Daily Mail
A Meta spokesperson told the Daily Mail: 'People use our glasses because they're helpful and let them stay in the moment, from listening to music to live translation or hands-free calls.
according to Daily Mail