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The Vienna Regional Court has thrown out a case against Facebook brought by Austrian Max Schrems, on procedural grounds. Last August, Schrems filed the lawsuit containing a long list of alleged violations of EU privacy laws with an Austrian court. Using a specially-designed app, 25,000 FB users joined the class-action suit. A …

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  1. All names Taken
    Paris Hilton

    Re: Photo

    Is that guy in red jacket really having a sl*sh behind the post?

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    1. Anonymous Blowhard
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      Yes I am!

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  2. NightFox

    Offical Reponse

    Is that a Facebook stooge taking a defiant piss against the wall of the office of the Data Protection Commissioner in the background of the photo?

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  3. Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse

    Rewrote it for you...

    "However, the court ruled on Wednesday that it just couldn't be arsed to take the case seriously."

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  4. Graham Marsden
    Holmes

    "the proper place for litigation would be in Ireland or California, where Facebook is headquartered"

    In other news, Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Facebook will be establishing a new headquarters on Mars...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Joke

      Re: "the proper place for litigation would be...."

      One way to get Mars terraformed.

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