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

This hypocrisy is not at all surprising. The modus operandi for these people has been rules for thee, but not for me for quite a while now.

• Almondsetat · 31 minutes ago

  Feel free to point out the hypochrisy. I'll remind you that sharing a video you took of someone without their consent is not the same as recording them and keeping the video strictly for yourself

  • davidhs · 29 minutes ago

    It is not as you feel any different when you are being recorded. Once recorded, you don't know what they will do with the video.

    • Almondsetat · 24 minutes ago

      I agree, I cannot control what other people will do. Are you applying this fear to all other facets of your life? I guess not, since that would mean you'd live in a state of constant fear and paranoia.

      • johnnyanmac · 12 minutes ago

        >since that would mean you'd live in a state of constant fear and paranoia. we do indeed live in a low trust society as of now.

  • spiclk · 26 minutes ago

    Users of these devices already share that data with Meta.

  • customguy · 22 minutes ago

    Where do you get the "without their consent" bit from? The hypocrisy is probably located around here: > "I've been making satirical videos about all kinds of things for ten years: Gaza, Ukraine, refugees. Funny videos that push boundaries and provoke discussion. But I've never experienced a video being removed before.

  • ElProlactin · 19 minutes ago

    This person was not trespassing on Meta property and nothing indicates that he was harassing employees who refused to be interviewed. It is perfectly legal in the Netherlands to record people in public places. You don't need someone's consent to record in public, and if any of the employees objected to the publication of the recording, they could consult with an attorney about a portrait rights claim. Such a claim should be adjudicated by a court, not Facebook. And let's be clear about the context here: these types of glasses are used by "content creators" to do street interviews that are published online, and they're also used to record all sorts of junk/nonsense ("pranks", pickup artist BS, etc.). Meta doesn't seem to have a problem with content recorded with these glasses being posted on its platforms, even when it's objectionable, because it's literally everywhere. The only problem here, obviously, was that he was recording Meta employees.

    • lionkor · 16 minutes ago

      It's illegal to record people in public spaces in Germany. Not sure how NL is important here, did I miss something?

      • pas · 14 minutes ago

        > Roel Maalderink visited the company's Amsterdam office

      • rithdmc · 11 minutes ago

        > It's illegal to record people in public spaces in Germany. That's wild. In Ireland, there's no expectation of privacy in a public place, so you can record without issue.

      • ElProlactin · 9 minutes ago

        It wasn't in Germany, and my understanding is that in Germany, the issue isn't the video, it's the recording of the audio conversation. Anyway, still not applicable in the Netherlands.

    • Almondsetat · 13 minutes ago

      FALSE! It's legal to record in public spaces and share it if you are not targeting any individual in particular. What the author did was instead purpusefully focus on those particular employees.

      • ElProlactin · 10 minutes ago

        Yelling "FALSE" doesn't make you correct. You could use Google, ChatGPT, Claude, etc. to educate yourself about the law before you post.

        • Almondsetat · 8 minutes ago

          Are you claiming I didn't inform myself? Can you provide some proof for this accusation?

Hopefully the Streisand effect will be in full force on this one.

Instagram is full of videos of guys harassing and antagonizing people in public as "pranks". And this is not some coincidence, since both products are from the same company, they basically unleashed this for engagement.

• vachina · 11 minutes ago

  Yes, having a taste of their own medicine.

Great idea for protests outside meta offices. Just stand on the public right of way outside the entrance, smiling in your meta ray bans.

The title is misleading - it sounds like they specifically went there to harass employees by filming them, and Meta took down the videos for harassment, like they routinely do if this is reported on their platforms. I'm really not sure what the issue is.

• rithdmc · 13 minutes ago

  Having watched the video, this hardly meets the standard of 'harassment' or bullying. This is a vox pop, that people can (and do) walk away from.

In China the government controls the discourse. Here it's the corporations.

• vachina · 11 minutes ago

  And you let it happen.

Who remembers the picture of inside Zuckerberg's home that got leaked with the grotesks living their private lives?