Italy fines Meta €805m over accessing users' photos
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The social media giant is accused of not informing 20 million users it had access to their photos. Regulators said about 20 million Android users in Italy had been affected. Covered by 12 outlets: 4 lean left, 6 are centre, 1 lean right, 1 are not rated.
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Italy fines Meta $1.6b for accessing photos of users without consent
Regulators said about 20 million Android users in Italy had been affected.
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Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users’ photos without specific consent
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Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
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Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users’ photos without specific consent
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...
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Italy has fined social media giant Meta €805m for photos and videos of about 20 million smartphone users without their specific consent, says country’s Data Protection Authority
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Meta fined $887M in Italy over Android gallery photos, videos on Facebook
Meta violated a European privacy directive incorporated into Italian law.
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Italy slaps Meta with €805mn fine over access to Android photos
Italian regulators say Meta accessed photos and multimedia content from Italian users via the Facebook application for Android devices. Meta has not yet commented on the fine or the allegations.
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Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
The country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
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Italy fines Meta €805m over accessing users' photos
The social media giant is accused of not informing 20 million users it had access to their photos.
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Meta fined $887 million in Italy over Android gallery photos and videos on Facebook
Italy has fined Meta €805 million ($887 million) for using Android users’ photos and videos on Facebook without proper consent.
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Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy - Al Jazeera
Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy Al Jazeera Italy fines Meta €805m over accessing users' photos BBC Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access Reuters Meta fined $887 million for accessing Android users' photos; Italian regulator cites 'lack of...
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Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy
Regulator said Meta's 'lack of cooperation' and the large number of people affected contributed to size of the fine.
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Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access
Meta had access to Android users' photos and videos through a Facebook app feature that suggested content from users' personal galleries that they could post, the authority said in a statement.
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Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access - Reuters
Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access Reuters
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