What is the basis for the movement organized by a 26-year-old Austrian user?
The move against Facebook is being organized by Max Schrems, a 26-year-old Austrian user. The lawsuit against Facebook has been filed in a court in Vienna. The lawsuit concerns the Facebook division, which is based in Ireland and is responsible for all of the social network's accounts outside North America.
Schrems is calling on users residing outside the US and Canada, through an application he has created, to report Facebook.
According to Schrems, Facebook is violating European law because:
1st. Through the Graph Search application, it allows users to track and locate other users based on their interests and activities.
2nd. It monitors the activity of its users every time they use the Like buttons.
3rd. It performs hyper-analyses based on the data it draws from the daily online activity of its users.
As emphasized, Schrems is claiming compensation of 500 euros for each of the 25,000 users who co-sign his lawsuit against the popular social network.
