Facebook ‘Labels’ Posts by Hand, Posing Privacy Questions

Facebook ‘Labels’ Posts by Hand, Posing Privacy Questions
Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Instagram logo in this photo illustration taken on March 28, 2018. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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HYDERABAD, India/SAN FRANCISCO—Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India has ploughed through millions of Facebook photos, status updates, and other content posted since 2014.

The workers categorize items according to five “dimensions,” as Facebook calls them.