News Summary

• The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory.
• The company has repeatedly disputed these claims, trying to explain that it doesn’t have to record your conversations to make its recommendations so successful.
• But, ironically, Mosseri’s new myth-busting claim comes just as Meta has announced it will soon target ads to users across its social apps using data collected from their interactions with its AI products.