Instagram is now banning pickup artists and pranksters who use Meta glasses
Instagram is banning content featuring harassment or non-consensual filming captured by Meta glasses, specifically targeting 'pickup artists' and pranksters. This policy shift follows reports of users surreptitiously recording strangers in public spaces.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing tension between wearable technology, personal privacy, and the responsibility of social media platforms to moderate user-generated content.
Mark Zuckerberg is wearing Meta glasses, which have a problem with creepy pickup artists and pranksters using them. Bloomberg/Getty Images Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that harassing content shot on Meta glasses is now banned. He specifically called out "pickup line" videos in which men approach women in public while wearing the glasses. At least two popular accounts from pickup artists who use Meta glasses have been deactivated. Instagram is cracking down on videos shot on Meta glasses that feature harassment of strangers in public places, such as the obnoxious prank videos that Business Insider reported on this spring. In an Instagram story, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that such video content would now be banned on the platform.
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