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Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access
Reuters, Milan
Published: 14 Nov 2026, 07:10 PM
A Meta logo is seen at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, 14 June 2023. Photo: Reuters
Italy's data protection agency said on Saturday it had fined Meta Platforms META.O €805 million ($887 million) after finding the company had accessed Android users' photographs and videos without obtaining their consent or informing them.
Meta had access to Android users' photos and videos through a Facebook app feature that suggested content from users' personal galleries that they could post, the authority said in a statement. Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek users' consent separately, it added.
However, Meta was not immediately available for comment. The
investigation, which began in 2025, did not cover the possible use of the
content to train artificial intelligence models, a practice Meta denied, the
authority said.
It added that it reserved the right to assess separately a new feature, launched in 2026, that allows content from users' galleries to be processed in the cloud. The fine is equivalent to about 0.47% of the group's global revenue, the authority said.