Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
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The country's data protection authority said Meta accessed users' photos without their "specific" consent.
Saturday's latest fine is among the largest an Italian authority has ever imposed on a tech giant. In 2021, Amazon received a more than 1.1 billion euro, or about $1.2 billion, fine for breaching competition law.
That sum was subsequently reduced to 752 million euros, or about $829 million, on appeal.
Meta may also appeal the latest fine. The tech company had not responded to a request for comment by Saturday afternoon.
Meta has been fined or ordered to pay settlements over privacy issues. In September, a judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found that the social media company deceived consumers for years about its data privacy policies. The company said they disagreed with the jury's verdict.
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