Separate Photo Consent Becomes Mandatory

Italy’s €805M fine orders Meta to stop using a single bundled permission to access Android galleries and to seek separate, explicit consent before using gallery images to generate suggestions. Regulators cited default enablement, opaque prior notices, and Meta’s lack of cooperation as aggravating factors and gave the company 60 days to comply or disable the feature. — If other EU or national regulators copy this approach, app developers will need to redesign permission UX and consent flows, shifting power from platform defaults to user choice and raising compliance costs for global apps.