The Italian data protection authority said today, Saturday, that it has imposed a fine of 805 million euros (887 million dollars) on Meta Platforms after it found out that the company had access to images and videos from Android users without their consent or notification.

* The authority stated in a statement that Meta was able to access images and videos from Android users through a feature in the Facebook app that suggests content from users' personal photo gallery that they can publish.

* It added that Meta has 60 days to make this feature automatically inactive and request separate user consent.

* A comment from Meta could not be obtained yet.

* The authority said the investigation, which began in 2025, did not include the potential use of content for training artificial intelligence models, which Meta denied doing.

* It added that it reserves the right to separately assess a new feature launched in 2026 that allows processing of content stored online from users' photo gallery.

* The authority said the fine is equivalent to about 0.47 percent of the group's global revenues.

• Italy fines Meta $887 million
• Android user data