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Record fine: Italy demands 800 million euros from Facebook

2026-11-15 17:08:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Record fine: Italy demands 800 million euros from Facebook

Italian authorities have fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros for using photos and videos from Android phones without the specific consent of users, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced in a statement.

The fine is related to the "Camera Gallery Suggestions While Browsing Facebook" feature, which suggests photos and videos from the phone's gallery to users to add to their posts, writes Politico.

According to the authority, this feature violates Italian law implementing the EU directive on privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy). This is, by far, the largest fine ever imposed by the Italian regulator.

The investigation, launched in 2025, found that the app requested access to the user's photo gallery through a single authorization, which covered the entire app, although its different functions had different needs. According to the authority, the authorization request was preceded by a general notice, which did not allow users to understand that they were authorizing the suggestion of photos and videos.

"If granted in full, this type of authorization allows the application to read the entire photo archive of the device, usually permanently, without the user or authorities being able to verify which data is being used specifically," the statement said.

The authority also said it “rejected the company's objection for lack of jurisdiction, according to which the matter should have been handled by the Irish authority, as the ePrivacy regulation does not provide for a 'one-stop-shop' mechanism”.

According to the authority, Meta has 60 days to obtain user consent separately and specifically for this feature, as well as to clearly explain how it works and how it can be disabled. The feature should also be disabled by default, even for users who have previously authorized it.

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company has the right to appeal the decision.


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