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Facebook Read Italian Users' Photo Albums Without Consent, Meta Hit With €805 Million Fine

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Italy's data protection authority fined Meta €805 million on the 14th for reading photos, videos and associated metadata stored on phones through the Android Facebook app without separate authorization from Italian users and without adequately informing them. The authority said the penalty targets the "photo recommendations while browsing Facebook" feature Facebook began offering in 2023, which automatically suggests photos and videos from the phone's album as material for posts. In July 2025, the authority opened an investigation following a complaint from the Bolzano Center for Consumer and User Protection and carried out a technical analysis of the feature.

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Article title: Facebook secretly read Italian users' photo albums, Meta fined 805 million euros

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Facebook secretly read Italian users' photo albums, Meta fined 805 million euros

IT Home, November 14 news: For reading photos, videos, and attached metadata stored on phones through the Android version of the Facebook app without separate authorization from Italian users and without adequately informing users, the Italian Data Protection Authority today (the 14th) issued Meta a fine of 805 million euros (IT Home note: at current exchange rates, about 5.936 billion yuan).

The Italian Data Protection Authority stated that this penalty targets the "get album recommendations while browsing Facebook" feature that Facebook began offering in 2023. While users browse Facebook, this feature automatically recommends photos and videos from the phone's photo album as material for posts.

In July 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority launched an investigation after receiving a report from the Bolzano Consumer and User Protection Center, and conducted a technical analysis of the feature.

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