Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Facebook's Android Gallery Access Without Explicit Consent

Meta was fined €805 million in Italy yesterday over a Facebook for Android feature that suggests photos and videos from users' phone galleries for them to post. The Garante, Italy's data protection authority, found that the feature was e…
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