Dutch eyewear giant becomes first retailer to halt Meta Ray-ban sales — Hans Anders pulls smart glasses from 400 stores due to ‘questions being raised’ about the tech
- Eyewear retailer Hans Anders has stopped sales of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses
- The decision comes amid growing concerns over the public use of the tech
- Dutch consumer rights group Consumentenbond has said it will take Meta to court if it fails to comply with the law
The clampdown on privacy-threatening ‘pervert glasses’ continues, with Dutch eyewear retailer Hans Anders pulling the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses from its online and high street stores in Belgium and the Netherlands indefinitely.
Hans Anders is part of the nexeye retail group, which operates over 400 stores across those two countries alone. When combined with its stores across Germany, Austria, and Sweden, it has 776 stores in total, although the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses aren’t sold in the latter three regions.
The use of smart glasses has sparked a heated debate about whether these devices belong in public spaces, with concerns raised about general safety...
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