Norway Proposes AI Glasses Ban in Parks and Schools as Privacy Fears Mount
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Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 5
Norway Proposes AI Glasses Ban in Parks and Schools as Privacy Fears Mount
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 5
Summary
Norway said it will soon send parliament a bill for a temporary ban on AI glasses in selected public places, including parks, beaches, schools and kindergartens.
The center-left government said the move would curb covert filming and recording while it studies longer-term rules, citing risks to people being captured without their knowledge.
Digitalization Minister Torgeir Micaelsen said an expert group will draft proposals for permanent national regulation after a broader public debate.
Oslo schools and Equinor have already imposed their own bans, underscoring wider concern over devices from Meta and cheaper rivals that can record children and women without consent.