Mark Zuckerberg in Congress: No, Facebook does not record your conversations

The conspiracy theory that Facebook would record members' conversations to better target ads is so persistent that it followed Mark Zuckerberg to the US Congress.

"Yes or no," asks a US congressional senator, "Does Facebook use audio from mobile devices to enrich personal information about users?

This question was addressed to Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO who appeared on Tuesday April 10 in front of the US Congress following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the Russian interference in the presidential election in the United States. And instead, once again, we had to wring an urban legend that has been going on for years.

" No. Let's be clear about this: you're talking about this conspiracy theory that we listen to what's happening on your microphone and use it for commercials, "said Zuckerberg. "We do not do that. "