Isn't it usual procedure that everyone else enters the courtroom and takes their places before the judge walks in? So the team would have had ample opportunity to film, record and facially-recognize the jury before Judge Kuhl made them take off the spyglasses.

Holy shit.

Kudos to this judge for knowing their shit and acting on it. I love it.

Each and every individual should have been arrested then and there. Imagine walking into a major criminal trial with a film camera on your shoulder.

noting that any use of facial recognition technology to identify the jurors was banned

For that reason alone, she should have held them in contempt and declared a mistrial before wasting anyone else's time.

Zuck and his crew should've been arrested on-site for such an egregious breach of privacy and mockery of the justice system. And the next set of jurors should've been immediately informed of why there was a mistrial, and the very obvious danger of the defendant having even one frame of video with a jurors face in it.

Instead, he got free viral marketing.

What a fucking clownshow.

No charges?

It's because they know that they ARE above the law. They've gotten away with things that would spell life in prison for you or I. They have the head of the America regime cozied up to. They were all at several dinner parties on Little St. James Island.

There's no law anymore. These people have already gotten away with things much worse.

I spent a few sessions in court last year and they disallow all phone use except for the attorneys and other officials.

a small amount of jailtime is a slap on the wrist. A scolding is nothing.

It's not even a slap on the wrist.

A demand for removal and threat of being held in contempt seems like the appropriate response to bringing a camera in, no matter who you are.

You sound like someone who has never experienced court outside of tv or movies.

The courts process is entirely pragmatic. The entire point is to remove all emotions. The judge is not going to presume malice.

The person most at risk here is their council. It they were aware of this stunt they could cause themselves serious damage.

Pretty sure they won't care except if it ends with a multi-billions$ fine. The intent is that by the time, their "smart-glasses" are everywhere and banning them no longer seems reasonable.

So they'll settle for "privacy settings by default", meaning they commit to not record anything except if the user expilicitly activate it, and it should be very visible for people around.

They'll wait a good 6 months before an update introduces back a silent auto-record of some kind, because that company never gave a flying fuck about the law, its users or basic decency.