Italy Fines Meta 805 Million Euros Over Android Photos
Italy’s Garante fined Meta €805 million (about $887 million) on 14 November for letting the Facebook Android app read users’ photos, videos and metadata through its gallery-suggestions feature without specific consent — roughly 20 million Italian Android users affected, and the feature was on by default. The regulator acted under ePrivacy rules, which have no one-stop shop, rejecting Meta’s argument that Ireland should lead; Meta calls the sum disproportionate and will appeal, and has 60 days to switch the feature off by default.