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Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta

632 points · 395 comments · pieterr

yread · 1790244366 · focus · HN ↗
If anyone wants to see the video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHKhYL3is5o" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHKhYL3is5o
He did harass them a bit. I'm looking forward to Meta taking down all videos where someone is a bit harassed. Internet will be a much nicer place!
1. embedding-shape · 1790248932 · focus · HN ↗
  > He did harass them a bit.
  Maybe I'm too European to understand, where exactly is harassment occurring? He's asking Meta employees questions, doesn't seem to follow them around, and when they walk away or say no, he doesn't exactly force them to stay or anything? Doesn't there have to be some intimidation or humiliation or similar for it to be harassment? Or asking employees what they think of the products they develop and support is the harassment part?
  1. Vinnl · 1790252196 · focus · HN ↗
    I felt a bit uneasy when the employees indicate they're uncomfortable with the filming and he asks them why, while continuing to film. Given how they're blurred out and that their discomfort is kind-of the point w.r.t. the issue he's trying to raise, I don't think this meets the bar that Meta usually adheres to when it comes to taking down videos, but describing it as "a bit" of harassment doesn't sound too wrong to me.
    Hugsbox · 1790254480 · focus · HN ↗
    They feel uncomfortable with being filmed while going about their day to day life? Maybe they should stop making products that enable such a thing.
    pc86 · 1790254951 · focus · HN ↗
    How do these glasses "enable" it any more than a gopro, a security camera, or the phone that nearly every person in the developed world already has?
    ReturnoftheHack · 1790256775 · focus · HN ↗
    because these always-available features changes the threshold for it happening
    raydev · 1790289516 · focus · HN ↗
    Is it not currently always available on the phones we're carrying?
    Hugsbox · 1790426567 · focus · HN ↗
    Do you strap your phone to your face?
    raydev · 1790526928 · focus · HN ↗
    No, but like many people I've seen while travelleing and hitting a bunch of tourist spots this past summer, I do openly carry my phone in my hand, and I'm in a sea of people doing the same. And if I'm commuting to work, I'm reading on my phone, if I'm in the waiting room at the doctor, I'm reading on my phone. My phone is always out and so is everyone else's.
    Anyone could be filming at any time with their phones and go unnoticed, so I'm not sure what glasses are actually enabling.

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