Smart glasses face growing wave of bans in schools, theatres and restaurants.
Privacy and academic integrity concerns drive UK venues and schools to restrict AI-enabled eyewear
A growing list of venues and institutions is moving to restrict or ban camera-equipped smart glasses, including Meta's Ray-Ban line, as concerns mount over covert recording, privacy violations, as well as classroom distraction and cheating in school. In the UK, several major hospitality and entertainment operators have introduced house rules against the devices. Pub chain, Wetherspoons, has said the glasses conflict with its existing no-filming policy. Soho House has told its members that the long-standing filming ban now includes smart glasses and ATG Theatres, which has will ask anyone in th