BeirutMeta’s glasses camera can be difficult to detect.
Journalists and activists face surveillance risk with no privacy law to invoke.
Most states in the region lack a data regulator, so footage is reachable only through Meta or the wearer’s phone.
Meta says an LED signals recording, but SMEX found it easy to conceal.
How each outlet framed it
- SMEX leans critical
- warns of unregulated surveillance: Meta glasses record without consent, marketed as fashion; AI processes entire rooms unchecked
Sources: SMEX