One of Sydney’s largest councils joins ban on ‘pervert’ glasses at local swimming pools

A growing number of councils across Australia are joining in banning smart glasses at swimming pools. Photograph: Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images/iStockphoto

One of Sydney’s largest councils has joined the City of Brisbane and the City of Yarra to issue a ban on AI smart glasses at public pools as concerns mount over the potential for predators to exploit the new technology.

On Tuesday evening, Canterbury-Bankstown voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning the tech at its pools, with its mayor, Bilal El-Hayek, describing them as “pervert glasses”.