TechCrunchZack Whittaker
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
Newsom said in aletter to lawmakerson Wednesday that he declined to sign the draft law,California Senate Bill 1130, on grounds that it defines wearable recording devices as “too broadly or imprecisely” and that this could lead to confusion and unintended consequences.
Meta soldmore than 7 million wearable glasseslast year alone. Several other hardware wearables, suchas AI-powered pendants, have launched with mixed reactions.The bill’s author, California state senator Eloise Gómez Reyes, was quoted byABC Newsas saying that the bill aimed to help California respond to the rapid rollout of always-listening tech.Critics and consumers alike have dubbed the controversial wearables“pervert glasses”following multiple reports of people recording and harassing people.
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