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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Instagram says it is not listening to users’ microphones to serve ads

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has shared a video on his account to dismiss the myth that Instagram is actively listening to users, to show them relevant ads. Now, why would you say that? Unless, it was true! Right?

Jokes aside, the timing couldn’t be worse. Yesterday, Meta announced that it will be updating its privacy policy by December 16. Why? Because Meta says that it will use the data collected from user interactions with its AI, to sell targeted ads across its social networks. So, how is this going to work, privacy-wise? Well, that’s another story.

The story continues:

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/10/02/instagram-says/ [ghacks.net]

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