Italy Fines Meta $887 Million for Accessing Android Users' Data
The Italian authority fines Meta 805 million euros for accessing photos and videos of Android users without consent.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
The Italian Data Protection Authority announced on Saturday that it imposed a fine of €805 million ($887 million) on Meta Platforms, after determining that the company accessed photos and videos from Android users without obtaining their consent or notifying them.
In a statement, the authority said Meta gained access to Android users’ photos and videos through a feature in the Facebook app that suggests content from users’ personal photo libraries for them to share.
It added that Meta has 60 days to disable this feature by default and to obtain separate consent from users.
The authority stated that the investigation, which began in 2025, did not cover the potential use of the content for training artificial intelligence models, a practice Meta has denied.
The authority further noted that it reserves the right to separately assess a new feature launched in 2026, which allows the processing of content stored online from users’ photo libraries.
