Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
Verified: 12 outlets in 11 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
The country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
- Nov 14, 1:18 PM UTCFirst reportItaly fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data accesschannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Nov 14, 1:19 PM UTC+0 minItaly fines Meta $887 million over Android users’ data accessinvesting.com ↗
- Nov 14, 1:47 PM UTC+29 minItaly fines Meta $1.14 billion over Android users’ data accessstraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 14, 6:45 PM UTC+5 hItaly slaps Meta with €805mn fine over access to Android photosdw.com ↗
- Nov 14, 7:01 PM UTC+6 h· you’re reading thisItaly fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photoscbsnews.com ↗
- Nov 14, 7:04 PM UTC+6 hMeta fined $880m in Italynewsofbahrain.com ↗
- Nov 14, 7:51 PM UTC+7 hItaly fines Meta US$887 million over Android users' data accesschannelnewsasia.com (again) ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: All three cover Italy's fine on Meta over accessing users' data, but report 1 says $880 million and reports 2 and 3 say $887 million, while report 4 says $1.14 billion, so the figures conflict with re
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