Italy fines Meta $900M for harvesting user photos without explicit consent

Italy's data protection authority fined Meta $900 million for accessing personal galleries of ~20 million Facebook users via a generic permission, violating GDPR. Meta must now obtain explicit user authorization. This is a major regulatory enforcement action with potential precedent for other EU cases.

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