Punjab
Punjab orders crackdown on smart glasses and hidden-camera devices
CM Maryam Nawaz ordered enforcement of a ban on camera glasses and other spy devices in Punjab after complaints of secret filming, harassment and blackmail.
Privacy
Privacy: 3 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: Punjab orders crackdown on smart glasses and hidden-camera devices. Key developments, background and analysis.
3 stories on privacy since 29 September 2026; the latest was published on 22 October 2026.
Key developments
- Punjab orders crackdown on smart glasses and hidden-camera devicesPunjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz directed authorities to enforce a ban on camera-equipped glasses and other spy devices.
- Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico over Cambridge AnalyticaJudge Francis Mathew ordered Meta to pay $25 billion, after finding a penalty of more than $219 billion was warranted under state law.
- Lahore High Court seeks replies on petition to regulate camera-equipped smart glassesThe Lahore High Court issued notices to the federal government and PTA on a petition saying glasses like Ray-Ban Meta can secretly film people and threaten privacy.
Technology
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25bn after a jury found it misled Facebook users over data shared with Cambridge Analytica; Meta will appeal.
Punjab
Lahore High Court seeks replies on petition to regulate camera-equipped smart glasses
The Lahore High Court issued notices to the federal government and PTA on a petition saying glasses like Ray-Ban Meta can secretly film people and threaten privacy.