GoKawiilItaly fines Meta $887M over Facebook's camera-roll access feature
Italy's Data Protection Authority fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited 805 million euros (about $887 million) for failing to obtain specific consent before accessing Android users' photos, videos and metadata through Facebook's camera roll sharing suggestions feature. The regulator said the single app-wide permission request improperly covered multiple functions, giving Meta broad ongoing access without properly informing users. The probe began in July 2025 after a complaint from the Bolzano Consumer Protection Centre.