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Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions

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Meta does not listen to your phone’s microphone to target you for ads, according to a video from Instagram head Adam Mosseri.

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In an attempt to settle one of the most heated debates in the digital age, Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Instagram, posted a video in his account addressing the persistent belief that smartphones actively spy on their users' private conversations to guide advertising. Mosseri began by highlighting that he has had “many passionate talks” on this subject, including “two or three with my wife,” and launched a resounding denial: “We don’t listen to them.…

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Adam Mosseri asserts that Meta does not use ambient listening, even with the new policy that expands signals for advertising. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri reiterated that Meta does not use smartphone microphones to listen to private conversations and serve targeted ads to users. The statement was made in a video posted on the social network, in which the CEO acknowledged that even close people, like his wife, doubt the official explanation, but in…

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technewstube.com broke the news in on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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