Facebook denies listening in on users' phone calls to target ads
Facebook has been forced to deny allegations that it has been eavesdropping on users’ phone calls to target ads.
Writing in a blog post, Facebook said: “Some recent articles have suggested that we must be listening to people’s conversations in order to show them relevant ads.
“This is not true. We show ads based on people’s interests and other profile information – not what you’re talking out loud about.”
Accusations that the social network allows marketers to serve ads based on microphone data emerged last month, when Kelli Burns, a professor at the University of South Florida gave an Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
