Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users’ photos without specific consent

First reported by Hacker News at Sat 7:48 AM · 6 outlets in all

1. The Hill1hItaly fines Meta $887M for accessing users’ photos without specific consentItaly announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users’ personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a…
2. CBS News3hItaly fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photosThe country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
3. BBC5hItaly fines Meta €805m over accessing users' photosThe social media giant is accused of not informing 20 million users it had access to their photos.
4. Al Jazeera5hItaly fines Meta $880m over photo privacyRegulator said Meta's 'lack of cooperation' and the large number of people affected contributed to size of the fine.
5. Hacker News5hItaly fines Meta €805M over photo privacy
6. Techmeme6hItaly's data protection agency fines Meta €805M for allegedly accessing Android users' photos and videos without their consent or informing them (Reuters)