Meta fined €805m for accessing users’ photos, videos without consent
Verified: 18 outlets in 15 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent, the country's data protection authority said on Saturday.
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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 15, 4:33 AM UTC+15 hItaly fines Meta $887 million over photo privacy violationsnewswire.lk ↗
- Nov 15, 7:17 AM UTC+18 hItaly hits Meta with $887M fine for accessing android photos without consent - Breaking Newsdailymirror.lk ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Nov 15, 7:35 AM UTC+18 hItaly fines Meta $880 mn over photo privacy: authorityhurriyetdailynews.com ↗
- Nov 15, 12:59 PM UTC+24 h· you’re reading thisMeta fined €805m for accessing users’ photos, videos without consentvanguardngr.com ↗
[Claude] All three are other reports of the same Italian Meta fine over accessing users' photos without specific consent, and none conflicts with Report 1.
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