India
1 item across 1 edition. First seen Wed 23 Sep, last seen Wed 23 Sep.
- MIT Technology Review reports, on 23 September, that Delhi police used Meta smart glasses in June 2026 to film thousands of students demonstrating over the education system, and that according to a court petition officers recorded protesters continuously for weeks and allegedly threatened to share the footage with parents and colleges.
- The article reports that in July, rather than investigating the surveillance complaints, authorities opened 10 criminal investigations against protesters on charges including rioting and property damage.
- It also documents non-state harms: at a Delhi protest in spring 2026 a content creator recorded a transgender graphic designer without consent and posted the footage to Instagram, where it spread across platforms and drew harassment.
- Meta's glasses cost $420 in India and Reliance Jio plans a competing product for under $105, which is the reason the article treats this as a scaling problem rather than an isolated incident. The allegations about police conduct come from a court petition that has not been adjudicated, and the article is a single outlet's reporting.