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  "id": 20048013,
  "title": "Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/italy-fines-meta-887m-for-accessing-users-photos-without-specific",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T20:34:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
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    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6220878-meta-italian-privacy-fine-consent/"
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  "summary": "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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        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Meta fined $880m in Italy over unauthorised access to Facebook photos",
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
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        "published": "2026-11-14T16:16:15.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/italy-fines-meta-880-million-over-accessing-users-photos",
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