On August 26, the Norwegian government stated on the 25th local time that it plans to strengthen regulation of devices such as smart glasses, considering banning the use of facial recognition features in public places. Norwegian Minister of Digitalization and Government Administration Karianna Tong said that new technologies are impacting people's private lives and privacy, so stricter regulatory measures than the current ones are desired. She indicated that this may include banning smart glasses from activating features such as facial recognition in public places and called on the public sector and private sector to develop their own usage guidelines.