April 9 Start Date for Class-Action vs. Facebook
The first hearing in a class-action lawsuit against Facebook filed in Vienna by Austrian law student Max Schrems and his Europe Versus Facebook group is scheduled for April 9
Schrems and Europe Versus Facebook filed the class-action suit in Vienna Aug. 1 and quickly reached the cap of 25,000 claimants that they specified. Users from the U.S. and Canada were not allowed to participate.
The suit covers issues including:
- The social network’s alleged participation in the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism initiative.

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