Facebook Says It's Not Reading Users' Text Messages

Facebook disputed a report by London's Sunday Times that it was reading users' text messages to assist it with testing to eventually launch its own messaging service, saying that it was running a limited test, text messages were not read, and it was not necessarily working on a messaging service.

Facebook disputed a report by London’s Sunday Times that the social network was reading users’ text messages to assist it with testing to eventually launch its own messaging service.

The social network said it was running a limited test, text messages were not read, and not necessarily working on a messaging service.

The Sunday Times report was behind a paywall, but Fox News ran a post about the newspaper’s story, saying Facebook had admitted reading text messages from smartphone users who downloaded the social network’s mobile application.

Facebook was quick to deny the report, telling CNET:

Facebook is currently running a limited test of mobile features that integrate with SMS functionality.

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