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  "id": 20080082,
  "title": "Italy fines Meta €805m over access to users’ photos without consent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/italy-fines-meta-805m-over-access-to-users-photos-without-consent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T00:18:51.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/italy-fines-meta-e805m-over-access-to-users-photos-without-consent-2/"
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  "summary": "Italian regulators have fined Meta €805 million for accessing photos and videos from about 20 million Android users without obtaining their explicit consent. The Data Protection Authority found that the company relied on a single app-wide permission to access users' galleries, without clearly explaining that the authorisation covered the photo suggestion feature. The regulator has given Meta 60 days to disable the feature by default and introduce a separate consent request, clearly explaining why access to users' galleries is required and how the feature can be switched off. Meta has strongly disagreed with the decision, stating that the fine is disproportionate and that the feature was designed to make it easier for users to share photographs and videos on Facebook.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Italy fines Meta $880mn over photo privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/italy-fines-meta-880mn-over-photo-privacy",
        "published": "2026-11-14T15:30:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Italy fines Meta US$880mil over photo privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/italy-fines-meta-us-880mil-over-photo-privacy",
        "published": "2026-11-14T15:35:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Meta fined $880m in Italy over unauthorised access to Facebook photos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/meta-fined-880m-in-italy-over-unauthorised-access-to-facebook-photos",
        "published": "2026-11-14T15:42:44.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/italy-fines-meta-880m-over-photo-privacy",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:16:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-14T18:33:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-14T20:34:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Italy fines Meta US$880mil over access to users' photos without consent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/italy-fines-meta-us-880mil-over-access-to-users-photos-without-consent",
        "published": "2026-11-15T00:28:47.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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