Italy fines Meta €805 million over access to users’ phone galleries
Verified: 15 outlets in 14 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
Italy's data protection authority has fined Meta €805 million for accessing photographs, videos and metadata stored on Italian Android users' smartphones without specific consent or adequate information.
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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, 9:32 PM UTC+8 h· you’re reading thisItaly fines Meta €805 million over access to users’ phone galleriesnewsbook.com.mt ↗
- Nov 14, 11:30 PM UTC+10 hItaly fines Meta €805m over access to users' photos without consentpunchng.com (again) ↗
- Nov 15, 12:31 AM UTC+11 hItaly fines Meta US$880mil over access to users' photos without consentnst.com.my (again) ↗
- Nov 15, 4:33 AM UTC+15 hItaly fines Meta $887 million over photo privacy violationsnewswire.lk ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Italian fine on Meta over Android users' photo and video access; the differing currency figures ($887 million, $1.14 billion) are consistent with the €805 million f
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