This Facebook Inc. (FB) executive is clearing the air.
The social media site's VP of Ads Rob Goldman took to Twitter Inc. (TWTR) to deny allegations that the company listens in on users' conversations through device microphones in order to target ads specifically toward people based on what they talk about.
"Just not true," Goldman wrote in response to a tweet from technology podcast Reply All presenter PJ Vogt's call for people to reach out if they think Facebook "uses your mic to spy on you for ad purposes."
Last year, Facebook released a statement offering a similar denial of the same type of allegations.
"Facebook does not use your phone's microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed," the company wrote in a June 2016 statement. "We only access your microphone if you have given our app permission and if you are actively using a specific feature that requires audio."
Vogt's tweet received hundreds of replies, with users saying they thought Facebook was listening in on conversations about everything from getting a cat to proposing.
Facebook stock traded higher 0.52% to $178.80 premarket Monday, Oct. 30.
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