# LG responds to TV spying allegations *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/157e0027 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/157e0027.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: The Verge · published 2026-09-12 · read 2026-09-13 Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/994333/lg-responds-to-tv-spying-allegations *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (7) - [Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)](https://truthscore.com/entity/24015957) - [LG](https://truthscore.com/entity/3ea2b573) - [Gamers Nexus](https://truthscore.com/entity/5ff170f5) - [voice recognition](https://truthscore.com/entity/6a672e92) - [Level1Techs](https://truthscore.com/entity/dc4b748b) - [LG smart TV](https://truthscore.com/entity/e6486ba8) - [interest-based advertising](https://truthscore.com/entity/ee3b9df0) ## What it added - [LG smart TVs continuously sweep home networks, map secondary devices, and log microphone audio while appearing to be turned off.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7df87d2e) > LG smart TVs continuously sweep home networks, map secondary devices, and log microphone audio while appearing to be turned off, according to a new 135‑minute‑long video published by Gamers Nexus (see below). - [LG has not commented on any of this as of writing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/10f4dfa9) > LG has not commented on any of this as of writing. - [LG TVs do not collect or record ambient conversations.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16d3a420) > "the TVs do not collect or record ambient conversations." - [Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b2efdbdf) > Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. - [LG said that Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), voice recognition, and interest-based advertising are optional and not enabled by default.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cf4ef743) > LG also said that its features like “Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), voice recognition, and interest-based advertising are optional,” and “not enabled by default.” - [Automatic Content Recognition uses audio fingerprinting via the TV’s internal audio processor to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen…](https://truthscore.com/claim/99ea7527) > ACR uses audio fingerprinting technology using the TV’s internal audio processor (not a speaker) to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen recordings, video recordings, voice recordings, or other audio recordings from the TV. ## Where it collides - [LG has not commented on any of this as of writing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/10f4dfa9) — collides with [LG TVs monitor for the Hi LG wake word while in standby mode, and if the wake word is not detected, the audio is processed locally and then deleted.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6e677fa4) ([LG strongly denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' — online investigation claims 216,000,000 TVs spy and…](https://truthscore.com/source/43672c7c)) - [LG has not commented on any of this as of writing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/10f4dfa9) — collides with [LG says we are fake news](https://truthscore.com/claim/f9c1df57) ([LG Says We're Fake News](https://truthscore.com/source/bad61a70)) - [LG TVs do not collect or record ambient conversations.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16d3a420) — collides with [Gamers Nexus published an investigation online claiming that LG is operating 216,000,000 spy TVs.](https://truthscore.com/claim/09971062) ([LG strongly denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' — online investigation claims 216,000,000 TVs spy and…](https://truthscore.com/source/43672c7c)) - [LG TVs do not collect or record ambient conversations.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16d3a420) — collides with [LG has not commented on any of this as of writing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/10f4dfa9) ([LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices](https://truthscore.com/source/3ca50fa2)) - [Automatic Content Recognition uses audio fingerprinting via the TV’s internal audio processor to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen…](https://truthscore.com/claim/99ea7527) — collides with [LG smart TVs can capture microphone audio with the screen off and upload data once reconnected to the internet.](https://truthscore.com/claim/35d32a34) ([LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices](https://truthscore.com/source/3ca50fa2)) - [Automatic Content Recognition uses audio fingerprinting via the TV’s internal audio processor to identify content and does not collect screenshots, screen…](https://truthscore.com/claim/99ea7527) — collides with [LG smart TVs continuously sweep home networks, map secondary devices, and log microphone audio while appearing to be turned off.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7df87d2e) ([LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices](https://truthscore.com/source/3ca50fa2)) - [LG said that Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), voice recognition, and interest-based advertising are optional and not enabled by default.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cf4ef743) — collides with [LG has not commented on any of this as of writing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/10f4dfa9) ([LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices](https://truthscore.com/source/3ca50fa2)) ## Questions it bears on - [What data do LG smart TVs collect from users?](https://truthscore.com/question/d60f2e01) ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.