Fb used contractors to transcribe customers' audio messages

Fb says it has halted a program through which it paid contractors to hear and transcribe audio clips from its customers, after a Bloomberg file uncovered the apply.
Facebook says it has halted a program in which it paid contractors to listen to and transcribe audio clips from its users, after a Bloomberg report exposed the practice.

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