--- title: "This New Meta “Advertisement” Is Absolutely Brutal" description: "A new \"advertisement\" adorning a bus station in London shows late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein wearing a pair of Meta's smart glasses." date: "2026-07-28" modified: "2026-07-28" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/new-meta-advertisement-brutal-glasses-epstein" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Cybersecurity" - "Data Privacy" - "Future Society" - "Meta" --- # This New Meta “Advertisement” Is Absolutely Brutal ![A photograph of a fake advertisement for Meta Ray Ban glasses featuring Jeffery Epstein wearing them. The advertisement reads "Glasses for people who don't do consent."]() Last week, we came across a [cleverly subversive advertisement]() for Meta's controversial smart glasses, which overlaid socialite Kylie Jenner's face with one of the terrifying bug-eyed monsters from John Carpenter's "They Live" and a bold type caption that reads "We’re always watching" when viewed from a specific angle. The billboard, created by activist group Everyone Hates Elon, called attention to how Meta's camera-adorned and AI-enabled spectacles have quickly turned into a privacy-invading nightmare. The optics of the problem is so bad that Meta is [now trying to ban "manfluencers" and juvenile pranksters]() who use the glasses to record members of the public without their consent. The public backlash has become so strong, even those who bought a pair of the "[pervert glasses]()" are [choosing to leave them at home](). Now, the activist group has come up with its next — and even more brutal — stunt. A [new "advertisement" adorning a bus station in London](), not far from Meta's King's Cross office, shows late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein wearing a pair of the specs while [getting his picture taken for the New York sex offender registry](). "Glasses for people who don't do consent," the caption reads. https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1v8stfn/epstein_meta_ai_glasses_advert_on_carnegie_street/ It's a clear reference to the late criminal's sex trafficking operation, which [recruited dozens of girls](), many underage. Grisly documents details how his victims were convinced to go to his beachfront mansion and even bring friends. According to some of their depositions, they were coerced into [taking off their clothes without their consent](). Epstein has also been accused of [secretly filming one of his victims](). Witnesses also claim he [kept "sex tapes" involving prominent people](). Email correspondences from 2014 also detail how the sex criminal directed his aide to [install hidden video cameras across his home in Palm Beach, Florida](), including one installed inside a Kleenex box. While Epstein died in 2019, years before roughly two years before Meta launched the first generation of its smart glasses, the billboard sends a grim message. Critics argue that glasses that can be used to film strangers without their consent shouldn't be legal. "If regulators actually did their damn jobs for once, glasses such as these would be illegal," one Reddit user [argued](). "Pervert glasses have no place in our society," another [wrote](). **More on Meta's glasses:** [*Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI “Pervert Glasses”*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()