Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places

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- Camera-enabled Meta spectacles are already restricted in UK and US because of fears about covert recording Norway is planning a temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places, amid rising global concern at the spread of the AI-enabled recording devices. The Oslo government is planning a bill…
- Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03131-x As AI wearables become discreet, cheap and mainstream, they risk normalizing non-consensual recording in everyday spaces.
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- Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.