A few months ago, Facebook and a number of other companies — including Amazon and Apple — found themselves embroiled in a bit of a controversy regarding the review of audio recordings. Specifically, Facebook employed human reviewers to transcribe audio recordings from users as a means to improve the overall quality of its software. While this is seemingly okay at first glance, many Facebook users were completely unaware that their audio recordings were being listened to in the first place.
Ultimately, Facebook pumped the brakes on its audio review process. Incidentally, Apple and other tech giants did the same.
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Facebook will pay users for access to their audio recordings originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 19:35:41 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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