Italy reportedly fines Meta €805M over Facebook Android photo access

Reports say Italy’s data protection authority fined Meta €805 million over Facebook’s alleged access to Android users’ photos, videos and related metadata without clear notice or specific consent. The case concerns a gallery-suggestion feature that regulators said was enabled by default; they reportedly ordered Meta to turn it off by default and obtain separate consent before accessing users’ media. The investigation did not address whether the content was used to train AI models. However, one article disputes that the penalty has been officially confirmed, saying it could find no Garante announcement or reliable corroboration, so the reported fine remains contested.