Meta disputes claim Muse AI read user's messages without consent
Meta communications chief Andy Stone disputed a journalist's report that Muse synced his texts despite his settings, saying reading Messages requires two user-controlled permissions.
Why “Unverified”
- Reported by Decrypt alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
1 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 56/100. How labels work
What the sources claim
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Meta communications chief Andy Stone said reading Messages requires two permissions the user controls.
“reading Messages requires two permissions the user controls”
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A journalist reported that Muse synced his texts despite his settings.
“a journalist who reported Muse synced his texts despite his settings”
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Sources
Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-10-01 19:20 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.