Italy fines Meta 805 mln euros over access to Android users' data

The Italian Data Protection Authority said on Saturday it had fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited 805 million euros (887 million U.S. dollars) for accessing photos, videos and related metadata stored on Italian users' smartphones without their consent through its Facebook app for Android devices.



The authority said the penalty concerns a feature called "Get suggestions from your gallery when you browse Facebook," available since 2023, which suggests photos and videos from users' phone galleries for them to post while browsing the app.



The investigation began in July 2025, when the authority carried out a technical analysis following a complaint from the Consumers' and Users' Protection Centre of Bolzano.