Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users' data access

Italy's data protection agency said on Saturday it fined Meta Platforms €805 million ($887 million) after finding the company accessed Android users' photos and videos without consent or notice.

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. The fine is equivalent to about 0.47% of the group's global revenue, the authority said.

Meta denies using data to train AI models

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.