"...Through the Facebook application for Android devices, Meta accessed photographs, videos and related metadata belonging to Italian users “without obtaining specific consent and without properly informing them”, the authority said in a statement...."
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Well Meta's Q3 world wide turnover was over $60b -- and profit about $10b -- so this is pocket money for them.
I don't see GDPR mentioned there so hard to tell if the fine was handed out for a GDPR violation specifically, but in any case if it indeed was a GDPR violation, the court should've gone for the maximum, which is 4% of the annual world wide turnover.
Actually that should be the default. No need whatsoever to go soft on them. Make them hurt.
@ai6yr Jail time for the responsible CEOs. Fines are laughable for them even though they sound harsh. They will never change unless they face jail time.
@ai6yr I have never understood how people haven't been super uncomfortable with Facebook's apps since like 2014 or so. They've had access to pretty much freaking everything for that long...
The only thing that has changed is this one time they got caught.
No, rather, I'd say the only thing that has changed is just that this is the first time anyone seems to have cared.
Never install the app, although the operating system is pretty dreadful all by itself.
@ai6yr not even a billion dollars.. Are they trying to make Meta giggle? Try a real fine.