Italy's privacy regulator fines Meta 805 million euros
Original headline意大利隐私监管机构对 Meta 处以 8.05 亿欧元罚款
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Italy’s data protection authority fined Meta Platforms Ireland €805 million after finding that Facebook’s Android app accessed Italian users’ photos, videos and related metadata without specific consent or adequate notice. The case centers on a photo-album recommendation feature launched in 2023 and affects about 20 million Italian Android users, a factor the regulator said it weighed in setting the penalty. The authority ordered Meta to make the feature off by default within 60 days and to obtain separate, explicit user consent. The fine adds to Meta’s regulatory costs in Europe, where privacy enforcement under the GDPR has already produced several large penalties. Watch whether Meta appeals the decision and whether the ruling prompts similar reviews of photo-access features in other EU markets.
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