Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Access to Android Users' Photos and Videos
Italy's data protection agency said on Saturday, November 14, that it had fined Meta Platforms €805 million ($887 million) after finding the company had accessed Android users' photographs and videos without obtaining their consent or informing them.
According to the authority's statement, the issue centred on a Facebook app feature that suggested content from users' personal galleries that they could post. The regulator found that, through that feature, Meta had access to users' photos and videos without consent and without telling them.
The authority gave Meta 60 days to disable the feature by default and to seek users' consent separately. After that deadline, the feature may no longer run as an opt-out default.
The investigation began in 2025. The authority said the inquiry did not cover the possible use of the content to train superintelligence (SI) models, a practice Meta denied.
The fine is equivalent to about 0.47% of the group's global revenue, the authority said. The formal decision document governs the fine's execution and any further procedural steps.
Source: Italian Data Protection Authority
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