Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Access to Users’ Photos - Sat, 14 Nov 2026 PST
The Italian Data Protection Authority fined Meta Platforms Inc. €805 million ($887 million) for accessing photos and videos of Android users’ galleries without their explicit consent. The company accessed photographs, videos and related metadata stored on Italian users’ smartphones through the Facebook app without obtaining consent and without adequately informing them, the Italian regulator said in a statement Saturday.