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Privacy Watchdog Rebukes Report Over Meta Smart‑Glasses Probe as Prosecutors Seek Ranucci Transcript

Report says it will air its investigation despite the Authority's request to pull the Meta segment.

Overview

  • Rome prosecutors have requested the secreted portion of Sigfrido Ranucci’s November 4 Antimafia audition for the inquiry into the October 16 explosive attack, which investigators treat as aggravated damage with a mafia method.
  • Report alleges Garante member Agostino Ghiglia told Giorgia Meloni on April 23, 2021 about the Authority’s Green Pass warning, with Meloni replying “Visto, ora esco” and “bravo,” according to documents the program cites.
  • Ranucci says the Meloni–Ghiglia exchange was supplied by Ghiglia to his office and was not obtained through illegal interceptions or theft.
  • In a segment on Meta’s smart glasses, Report claims an internal proposal for a €44 million fine was cut to €12.5 million after an October 2024 meeting between Ghiglia and Meta’s Angelo Mazzetti, citing internal verbals where vice president Ginevra Cerrina Feroni warns of a possible ‘danno erariale’.
  • The Garante calls the smart‑glasses account unfounded, says no risk of damage to public coffers existed, and urges the program not to air the piece, while FdI’s Giovanni Donzelli labels the message publication unconstitutional and Rai reports receiving no formal stop request.