{"id":24350,"date":"2026-08-11T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/meta-glasses-banned-from-courts-in-england-and-wales\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:37:15","slug":"meta-glasses-banned-from-courts-in-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/meta-glasses-banned-from-courts-in-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exclusive:<\/strong> Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave<\/p>\n<p>Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as \u201cspyware\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last month courts in <a href=\"https:\/\/nysba.org\/new-york-state-court-system-bans-wearing-smart-glasses-in-court-buildings\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqnb70zVrn-dfyJ5RbVuN9-AuIG79kKmPT_mPwW9dmIv4U1Zdrv\">New York announced a ban<\/a> on the controversial glasses, which can record video footage while being worn.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/11\/meta-glasses-banned-from-courts-in-england-and-wales\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4a486dc22d1f66eddb54d2e1e16341f360057bca\/442_0_3221_2577\/master\/3221.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2b951ace4b365e8430f4a67d24325c3c\" title=\"Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales\" \/>Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave<br \/>\nCourts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as \u201cspyware\u201d.<br \/>\nLast month courts in New York announced a ban on the controversial glasses, which can record video footage while being worn. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as \u201cspyware\u201d. Last month courts in New York &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/meta-glasses-banned-from-courts-in-england-and-wales\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24350"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}