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Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent

FOX8 WGHP (Nexstar, Greensboro) and Vanguard (Nigeria) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent.
The headline split WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) frames it as "Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent". Vanguard (Nigeria) frames it as "Meta fined €805m for accessing users’ photos, videos without consent".
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WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland)News report · Nov 15, 1:19 PM

Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent

Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent.

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News Channel 4 (KFOR.com)News report · Nov 15, 1:18 PM

Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent

Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent.

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Vanguard (Nigeria)News report · Nov 15, 12:57 PM

Meta fined €805m for accessing users’ photos, videos without consent

Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent, the country's data protection authority...

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