Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Android Gallery Data
Italy’s data protection agency said Meta accessed Android users’ photos and videos without consent and gave the company 60 days to change its app feature.
Key takeaways
- Italy fined Meta €805 million over Android users’ photos and videos.
- Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek separate consent.
Italy’s data protection agency fined Meta Platforms €805 million ($887 million), saying it accessed Android users’ photos and videos without their consent or informing them.
The agency said a Facebook feature suggested pictures and videos from users’ personal galleries for posts. Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek separate consent, it said.
The investigation, which began in 2025, did not examine whether the content was used to train AI models. The authority said Meta denied that practice and reserved the right to separately assess a cloud-processing feature launched in 2026. Meta was not immediately available for comment.
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