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The lawsuit filed against Meta Platforms Inc. seeks to represent a class of all California residents whose private conversations were recorded by Meta AI glasses without a trigger phrase.

Amazon's Bee devices continuously capture surrounding conversations with an LED indicator to automatically generate notes and reminders integrated into Alexa+.

Meta Platforms Inc. stated that it resolved an issue causing Ray-Ban smart glasses to record without a wake phrase and allowed users to delete voice logs in settings.

Angelo Subia filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. on October 19, 2026, alleging Meta AI smart glasses recorded private conversations without consent.

Ray-Ban Meta owners reported on Reddit that their smart glasses activated Meta AI and recorded audio without receiving the required 'Hey Meta' wake phrase.

Angelo Subia's complaint against Meta Platforms Inc. alleges violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits recording confidential communications without all parties' consent.

Coherence Neuro CEO Ben Woodington stated that OpenAI will not have access or contract rights to any brain or health data generated by Coherence Neuro.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Meta Platforms Inc. in 2021, alleging the company lied to Facebook users regarding privacy policies and user data handling following the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Under New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act, Judge Francis Mathew was authorized to assess civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation against Meta Platforms Inc.

A New Mexico court previously ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to pay a $375 million civil penalty and $567 million for youth mental health programs over youth harm allegations

Judge Francis Mathew of the New Mexico State District Court ordered Meta Platforms Inc. on October 21, 2026 to pay a $25 billion penalty for deceiving users about data privacy practices

A Santa Fe jury determined after a two-week trial that Meta Platforms Inc. committed 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws

OpenAI stated that it keeps user conversations private from advertisers and does not sell customer data.

Judge Francis Mathew stated in his court order that internal communications among senior Meta Platforms Inc. executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, were designed to mislead the public

Judge Francis Mathew calculated Meta Platforms Inc.'s full penalty under state law at $219 billion before reducing the civil fine to $25 billion

Judge Francis Mathew issued the $25 billion penalty order against Meta Platforms Inc. hours before the company was scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results on October 21, 2026

New Mexico became the first U.S. state to win a jury verdict against Meta Platforms Inc. over claims concerning youth mental health and child sexual exploitation

New Mexico prosecutors presented evidence that Meta Platforms Inc. misled the public by exempting certain high-profile accounts from standard content moderation and hate speech scrutiny

States and consumers have filed thousands of lawsuits against Meta Platforms Inc. over child safety, social media addiction, and privacy violations

Jurors in the New Mexico consumer protection trial against Meta Platforms Inc. reviewed video deposition testimony from Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg