
Italy's data protection regulator has fined Meta €805 million, the largest fine ever issued by the authority, over a privacy law violation.
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Italy's data protection regulator issued Meta its largest-ever fine of €805 million over a privacy law violation.
Italy hits Meta with €805m fine over privacy law violation
It is the largest fine ever issued by Italy's data protection regulator.

Italian regulators have fined Meta €805 million for accessing Android camera rolls without specific user consent. The authority ruled the 'camera roll suggestions' feature violates ePrivacy laws and ordered Meta to implement separate, explicit opt-in protocols.

Friday's Microsoft outage, which lasted nearly 24 hours and affected millions in 74 countries, has intensified European calls for digital sovereignty. At an EU leaders' AI summit in Dublin, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said only 20% of European digital services run on European infrastructure, while French President Emmanuel Macron and other officials urged Europe to build its own cloud, chips, and AI models.

EU institutions in Brussels reported minimal disruption during a massive global Microsoft outage that affected Outlook, Teams, and Copilot in at least 74 countries. The event has renewed European debates regarding digital sovereignty and reliance on U.S. tech providers.

A Microsoft service interruption on Thursday 12 November disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 tools for thousands of users, mainly in the Americas. Downdetector recorded over 130,000 Outlook reports and more than 46,000 Microsoft 365 reports. Microsoft confirmed it is investigating infrastructure overload and redistributing traffic to restore connectivity.

Nvidia has hired law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation. The board launched an independent probe Sunday following reports of Huang's relationship with former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy. Huang admitted to an affair and pledged cooperation.

The European Commission has presented the Digital Fairness Act, a draft law banning dark patterns, regulating dynamic pricing and addictive design, requiring easy subscription cancellation and human customer support, and imposing fines of up to 6% of global annual revenue on businesses serving EU consumers online.