Instagram head Adam Mosseri denied in a post that Meta secretly listens to users’ conversations using their phone microphones to target advertisements. He took it to his account to address the long-standing conspiracy theory, which has even resurfaced in conversations with his own friends and family.

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The myth has persisted at least since 2016, when Facebook (now Meta) was forced to publicly admit that it did not use microphones to influence News Feed content or advertising. Mark Zuckerberg reiterated the assurance at a US congressional hearing, and Meta has consistently denied the allegations. Mosseri emphasised that secretly recording people would not only deplete device batteries but would also produce visible results, such as a microphon

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