https://www.techradar.com/news/facebook-swears-its-not-recording-your-call-and-sms-history-without-permission

Facebook is in more than just a spot of bother, and the troubled social network is once again on the defensive after claims were made that it has been scraping your call and SMS history for years via its Messenger and Facebook Lite apps. However, Facebook states that "this is not the case.".

In a public post on its newsroom, the social network gets straight to the point: "You may have seen some recent reports that Facebook has been logging people's call and SMS (text) history without their permission.