Public beta — Ban Smart Glasses launches in public beta, with further campaign tools being added during the beta period.
A young child looks toward the camera while riding public transport, an adult seated behind them.
Three people, two children and an adult with school backpacks, cross a road on a marked zebra crossing, seen from a distance.
A woman with curly hair looks back over her shoulder while walking down a street.

Community privacy campaign · UK & Ireland

Stop smart glasses
becoming the new normal

Camera-equipped smart glasses let anyone film the people around them with no visible signal and no way to say no. Meta made this a consumer product. We're asking retailers, government and Meta's own brand to stop it before it becomes normal.

Sign the petition → Take action →
Closes 9 December 2026
Documented: ~50 women identified as filmed without knowledge

Flagship interaction

This is being sold near you.

Not somewhere else. Not in theory. Enter your postcode (UK) or town/city (Ireland) and see the verified sellers nearest you — checked against the retailer's own website, not a guess.

Once you've found a seller, the full contact flow continues in Take action — this page is about making the issue tangible where you live, not embedding every tool here.

Find sellers near you

Real, working search — connected to the live verified-stockist database.

Ireland search is by town/city for now — exact Eircode search isn't supported yet.

The wider picture

Meta is the ringleader. But the problem is bigger than them.

Meta made cameras worn on people's faces a mainstream consumer product. They're not alone — the wider technology industry is moving into smart eyewear. If we wait until recording-enabled glasses are everywhere, we'll have waited too long.

A fuller, evidenced picture of the wider smart-glasses industry is coming to a dedicated page — not listed here yet.

Take action

Choose where to apply pressure.

Campaign-wide action Sign the petition Add your name to the campaign asking for an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses 5,399/ 10,000 signed Closes 9 December 2026 Sign the petition →
A woman rests her head on her hand, looking out of the window on public transport. 01 Email your local optician Ask opticians to stop selling smart glasses Write to your local optician → 02 Email national retailers Ask major retailers to stop selling smart glasses Write to a national retailer → Coming soon An adult holds a young child close on public transport. 03 Email your MP Ask your MP to act before smart glasses become normal Write to your MP → Coming soon A young man holds his palm up directly at the camera, face obscured, in a clear gesture of refusal. 04 Email a premises Ask venues to ban cameras worn on faces. Write to a premises → Coming soon

Why now

We allowed social media to race ahead of regulation.
We dealt with the harms afterwards.

Only after serious damage to children, privacy and public safety became impossible to ignore did governments begin trying to catch up. We shouldn't repeat that mistake with cameras worn on people's faces.

We do not need another generation to be the evidence.

BBC News, May & Feb 2026 · Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood: this "will not be tolerated" · 49% of Britons support a public-space ban (March 2026 poll)

Five ways to apply pressure

Pick where to start. Every one of these matters.

01

Local

Write to your local optician →
02

National

Write to a national retailer → Coming soon
03

Political

Write to your MP → Coming soon
04

Venues

Write to a premises → Coming soon
05

Petition

Sign the petition →