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Wetherspoon bans Meta smart glasses from all 800 UK pubs

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Customers are no longer allowed to wear Meta smart glasses or other smart glasses in any of J D Wetherspoon’s more than 800 pubs across the UK. The company cites privacy concerns linked to devices that can record video, photo and audio without drawing attention, while noting its CCTV use is tightly controlled by data legislation and a general rule that filming customers or staff needs permission. Meta claims its glasses light signals recording.

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