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Italy reportedly fines Meta €805 million

Archive photograph, for illustration. The Facebook app displayed on a smartphone. · 2019 · Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0
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Italy’s data protection authority has imposed the penalty on the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Dutch news site Nieuws.nl reports.

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The report, credited to ANP and Reuters, says Meta allegedly accessed Android users’ photos and videos without asking for permission or informing them.

It does not say which Meta products were involved, how many users were affected or when the alleged access took place.

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