Meta, a company named after its biggest flop, has managed to unleash a product that makes Facebook's many controversies look mild. It calls them Meta Glasses, but the world is calling them "pervert glasses", and they could be the company's biggest liability yet.
Fitted with microphones and ultra-HD cameras, the sinister shades have sparked an almighty backlash, mainly over privacy concerns. While smartglasses can have positive uses, particularly for people with visual impairments, there have been complaints about nonconsensual filming and sexual harassment with videos sometimes posted to social media to humiliate victims.
