Dave Lee, Columnist

Meta Is Wrong to Try to Sneak Into Privacy Intrusion

Misguided again.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Meta Platforms Inc. thinks we’re too distracted for a proper debate on facial recognition in a civilized society. It’s imperative we prove the company wrong.

A New York Times report last week described the company’s internal deliberations on adding facial recognition capabilities to its popular smart glasses. The technology could come as soon as this year, the paper reported.