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Italy fines Meta R$ 5 billion for unauthorized access to user photos and videos
The penalty stems from the use of images from 20 million Android users without clear consent and requires the company to change the feature's operation within 60 days.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- Meta was fined R$ 5 billion for accessing users' photos and videos without clear consent.
- Who is affected
- Around 20 million Android system users in Italy.
- What changes
- Meta must disable the feature by default and request specific authorization to access users' galleries within 60 days.
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