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Italy fines Meta €805 million over Facebook’s Android gallery access

Italy’s regulator gives Meta 60 days to turn Facebook’s Android gallery suggestions off by default and seek consent separately.

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Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access

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Italy’s privacy regulator says it fined Meta €805 million ($887 million) over Facebook’s access to Android users’ photos and videos without consent or notice. The penalty comes with a to-do list: disable gallery suggestions by default and seek consent separately within 60 days. The investigation did not cover possible use of the gallery content to train AI models; the authority said Meta denied that use.

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