After an Ars Technica report that Facebook surreptitiously scrapes telephone band as well as text message information from Android phones as well as has done thence for years, the scandal-burdened fellowship has responded that it alone collects that information from users who convey given permission. Facebook’s public statement , posted on its press site, comes a dyad of days after it took out total page paper ads to apologize for the misuse of information past times third-party apps every bit it copes with fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal (follow the floor every bit it develops here ). In the ad, founder as well as primary executive officeholder Mark Zuckerberg wrote “We convey a responsibleness to protect your information. If nosotros can’t, nosotros don’t deserve it.” The company’s reply to the Ars Technica story, however, struck a different tone, with Facebook titling the post “Fact Check: Your Call as well as SMS History.” It said “You may convey seen around re...