Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, has fined Meta €805 million (about $880–887 million), saying the Facebook app for Android accessed photos, videos and related metadata on about 20 million Italian users' phones without their specific consent or proper notice. The regulator said Meta's lack of cooperation and the large number of people affected contributed to the size of the fine, and Deutsche Welle reports that Meta had not yet commented.
Written by CRAYON from the outlets' reports below.The outlets mostly differ in detail and in how they report the amount: CNBC and The Next Web give $887 million, Al Jazeera and CBS News round to $880 million, and the BBC and Deutsche Welle headline the €805 million figure. The Next Web gives the most specifics, naming the regulator (the Garante), noting that metadata was also accessed, identifying a Facebook "gallery suggestions" feature available since 2023, and crediting Reuters with first reporting the decision. Al Jazeera focuses on why the fine was so large, citing the regulator's mention of Meta's "lack of cooperation" and the number of people affected, while the BBC (running identical text across its News, World and Technology feeds) puts the scale at about 20 million users. CNBC frames the conduct as alleged, CBS News highlights the regulator's word "specific" regarding consent
CRAYON analysis of the outlets' accounts — read them below and judge for yourself.Coverage 10 sources · 8 independent (wire copy collapsed) · 8 reports · 3L7C
Chronological — read the same story from every side and decide for yourself.
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Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access
Italy fined Meta Platforms $887 million for allegedly accessing Android users' photographs and videos without obtaining consent or informing them.
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Italy fines Meta €805m over Facebook’s access to Android photos
Italy’s data protection authority, the Garante, has fined Meta €805m, or about $887m. It says the Facebook app for Android accessed photos, videos and their metadata on Italian users’ phones without specific consent or proper notice. The decision, first reported in English by Reuters, targets a gallery suggestions feature available since 2023. While users scroll Facebook, […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy
Regulator said Meta's 'lack of cooperation' and the large number of people affected contributed to size of the fine.
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Italy fines Meta €805m over accessing users' photos
The social media giant is accused of not informing about 20 million users it had access to their photos.
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Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
The country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
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Italy slaps Meta with €805mn fine over access to Android photos
Italian regulators say Meta accessed photos and multimedia content from Italian users via the Facebook application for Android devices. Meta has not yet commented on the fine or the allegations.
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Meta fined $887M in Italy over Android gallery photos, videos on Facebook
Meta violated a European privacy directive incorporated into Italian law.
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Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users’ photos without specific consent
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users’ personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a…
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