United States of America: Texas Attorney General investigation into Meta over alleged violations of privacy protections for facial data collection via Meta AI Glasses

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
20 May 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
technological consumer goods
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

20 May 2026
under deliberation

Texas Attorney General opened investigation into Meta over alleged violations of privacy protections for facial data collection via Meta AI Glasses

On 20 May 2026, the Texas Attorney General (AG) opened an investigation into Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) over alleged violations of Texas privacy law in connection with the Meta AI Glasses (Meta Glasses). The AG opened the investigation over concerns …

Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body