Italy fines Meta US$887 million over Android users' data access
Verified: 12 outlets in 11 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
A Meta spokesperson said the company would appeal, strongly disagreeing with the authority's decision and calling the fine "disproportionate".
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- 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 hItaly 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 h· you’re reading thisItaly fines Meta US$887 million over Android users' data accesschannelnewsasia.com (again) ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 and Report 4 match Report 1's fine of US$887 million, while Report 3 gives a different figure of $1.14 billion for the same Italian fine on Meta, so it disagrees.
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