Austrian student launches global class action against Facebook

I have joined this class action lawsuit – I’m particularly pissed off about Facebook sharing my personal data with the NSA Prism to improve their ability to monitor me. The suit was initiated by an Austrian student. Sorry US and Canadian citizens aren’t eligible to participate.

Originally posted on Amanah Satu - Malaysia:

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A law student from Austria has filed a class action law suit against Facebook over privacy violations, urging the social network’s 1.32 billion users around the globe to join him in his legal battle.

Max Schrems, who has sued Facebook and several other top US tech companies before, filed his newest claim at the commercial court in Vienna on Friday.

The legal proceeding will run as a class action because the Austrian law allows a group of people to transfer their financial claims to a single person – Schrems, in this case.

The student invited other internet users to take part in the action at www.fbclaim.com using their Facebook logins.

“Facebook has a long list of violations,” Schrems wrote on Facebook Class Action website. “For this lawsuit we have chosen basic or obvious violations of the law: The privacy policy, participation in…

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