Facebook admits contractors listened to users’ recordings without their knowledge
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Company says ‘human review’ of audio conversations on Messenger has been ‘paused’ Facebook has become the latest company to admit that human contractors listened to recordings of users without their knowledge, a practice the company now says has been “paused”. Citing contractors who worked on the project, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that the company hired people to listen to audio conversations carried out on Facebook Messenger. The practice involved users who had opted in Messenger to (...)
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