Student group takes Facebook privacy gripes to court

An Austrian student group plans to go to court in a bid to make Facebook do more to protect the privacy of its 1 billion users.

Campaign group europe-v-facebook, which has been lobbying for reforms at the US company for more than a year, said it would appeal against decisions by the data protection regulator in Ireland, where Facebook has its international headquarters.

The group has filed 22 separate complaints against Facebook, winning some concessions including pushing the social network to switch off its facial recognition feature in Europe.

Read More at The Sydney Morning Herald

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