Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, raising privacy questions

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Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, raising privacy questions

Team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India plough through content.

Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India has ploughed through millions of Facebook Inc photos, status updates and other content posted since 2014. The workers categorize items according to five "dimensions," as Facebook calls them. These include the ...

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