Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android user data access
The data protection agency found the company accessed photographs and videos without obtaining consent or informing users.
Italy's data protection agency fined Meta Platforms €805 million ($887 million) on Saturday for accessing Android users' photographs and videos without consent or notification, according to The Economic Times.
The authority stated that Meta accessed this content through a Facebook app feature that suggested content from personal galleries for users to post.
The fine represents approximately 0.47 per cent of the group's global revenue.
The investigation, which started in 2025, did not cover the possible use of content to train artificial intelligence models, a practice Meta denied, the authority said.
The agency reserved the right to separately assess a new feature launched in 2026 that allows content from user galleries to be processed in the cloud.
Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek user consent separately. Meta was not immediately available for comment.