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		eiaoa on Oct 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have d... It's not really disinformation, just a slight inaccuracy. For years they were collecting text messages and call logs: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/faceb... Not quite "listening to calls," but not too different either. It shows you where their heart is.

dymk on Oct 29, 2018 [–]

The claim was not that they were listening to calls (which they also directly claim they don't do, according to your article), it was that Facebook listens to you through the app. They've also explicitly stated they don't do that, as well.

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