Senator challenges Zuckerberg testimony as 'at best, incomplete' after Facebook audio report
to Zuckerberg asking for further clarity on the program and warning that if the report is true, his answers during the April 2018 testimony seem to be "at best, incomplete."
"At that hearing, I asked you specifically if Facebook uses audio obtained from mobile devices to enrich personal information about its users. Your emphatic answer was no," Peters wrote in the letter dated August 15. "Your exact words to me were: 'You're talking about this conspiracy theory that gets passed around that we listen to what's going on on your microphone and use that for ads. We don't do that.
But Facebook had not told users that their audio could be reviewed by third parties, according to Bloomberg. Facebook told Congress in written responses to questions that it "only accesses users' microphone if the user has given our app permission and if they are actively using a specific feature that requires audio ," Peters noted.following the initial report on Tuesday, but said it recently discontinued the program.
"Much like Apple and Google, we paused human review of audio more than a week ago," a Facebook spokesperson said. Peters asked Zuckerberg to respond to a series of questions by August 28 to clarify for what purposes Facebook uses the audio recordings and whether users are prompted to agree to the transcription. The Irish Data Protection Commission confirmed to CNBC it is looking into Facebook's audio collection processes as well.with the Federal Trade Commission over the company's privacy policies.
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