Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Access to Users' Photos

Italian regulators fined Meta €805 million for accessing photos belonging to about 20 million users without informing them. The penalty targets how the company obtained and used personal image data without disclosure. The case adds to European scrutiny of how platforms gather user content.

Why it matters: Regulators are enforcing consent and disclosure rules on the personal data that platforms feed into features and models, which constrains how AI products can source user content.