Italy's data protection authority fined Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing Italian users' photos and videos through Facebook on Android without specific consent. Meta has 60 days to introduce a separate consent request and disable the feature by default.
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Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent, the country's data protection authority said on Saturday.
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Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent
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Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent
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The authority said the fine reflected the scale of the violation, which affected around 20 million Android users in Italy.
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The investigation began in July 2025 after a complaint from a consumer protection group.
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