Italy fines Meta $887m for accessing Android users’ photos and videos

The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has imposed on a tech giant and Meta says it plans to appeal the decision Italy’s data protection agency has fined Facebook parent company Meta €805m ($887m) for accessing users’ photos without their specific consent. Through the

The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has imposed on a tech giant and Meta says it plans to appeal the decision Italy’s data protection agency has fined Facebook parent company Meta €805m ($887m) for accessing users’ photos without their specific consent. Through the Facebook application for Android devices, Meta accessed photographs, videos and related metadata belonging to Italian users “without obtaining specific consent and without properly informing them”, the authority said in a statement. Continue reading...