Facebook denies 'listening' to conversations

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Facebook vice-president of ads, Rob Goldman, was responding to a tweet by PJ Vogt, the presenter of a tech podcast called Reply All.

Many people report seeing adverts which appear to be related to recent, real-life conversations.

Mr Vogt had asked for details of these specific occasions.

"I run ads product at Facebook. We don't - and have never - used your microphone for ads. Just not true," Mr Goldman wrote.

When another Twitter user asked him if that included Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook, he replied, "Yes."

Source: BBC

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