Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
The country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
Italian regulators have imposed a record $880 million fine on Meta, the parent company of Facebook, for accessing users' photos without their explicit consent. Through its Facebook application for Android devices, Meta accessed photos, videos, and related metadata belonging to Italian users without obtaining proper consent or informing them.
This is one of the largest fines ever imposed on a tech company by an Italian authority. In 2021, Amazon faced a fine of over 1.1 billion euros for violating competition law, which was later reduced to 752 million euros on appeal. Meta may also appeal this fine, though the company has not yet responded to requests for comment. Previous privacy issues have resulted in Meta facing fines and settlements.
In September, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found the company deceived consumers about its data privacy policies, a verdict the company disagreed with.
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