It’s just emerged that Facebook has been using hundreds of contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services. Bloomberg is reporting that some of the contractors have disclosed this information under anonymity – after becoming disturbed by the nature of the work. The Bloomberg article states that the workers aren’t informed how or where the audio was recorded and that the material is sometimes vulgar. It seems they’re puzzled and slightly concerned why Facebook needs transcriptions. The report seemed to hamper gains in Facebook stock, which was up 1.6% by 3.30 pm at $188.37 on Tuesday. Earlier ...