https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.at/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections EU finance ministers battled Saturday over a controversial proposal to slap a European tax on US tech giants amid rising worries that it is ineffective and protectionist. https://www.thelocal.at/20180908/eu-ministers-battle-over-proposed-tax-on-big-tech-facebook-google Sat, 08 Sep 2018 16:58:20 +0200 eu-ministers-battle-over-proposed-tax-on-big-tech-facebook-google Facebook apologised on Thursday for censoring the prehistoric "Venus of Willendorf" figurine, considered a masterpiece of the paleolithic era. https://www.thelocal.at/20180301/facebooks-says-its-sorry-for-censoring-prehistoric-nude-figure Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:42:49 +0100 facebooks-says-its-sorry-for-censoring-prehistoric-nude-figure An Austrian activist cannot bring a class action against Facebook for privacy breaches, although he is allowed to sue the US social media giant on a personal basis in his home country, the EU's top court ruled Thursday. https://www.thelocal.at/20180125/austrian-activist-cant-bring-class-action-suit-against-facebook-eu-court-says Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:29:52 +0100 austrian-activist-cant-bring-class-action-suit-against-facebook-eu-court-says Austrian activist Max Schrems cannot bring a class action against Facebook for privacy breaches, although he is allowed to sue the US social media giant on a personal basis, the adviser to the EU's top court said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20171114/austrian-activist-told-he-cant-bring-class-action-case-against-facebook Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:06:42 +0100 austrian-activist-told-he-cant-bring-class-action-case-against-facebook Five young people who beat up a 15-year-old girl last November in Vienna and broke her jaw have received prison sentences. https://www.thelocal.at/20170216/teen-troublemakers-sentenced-for-violent-assault Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:20:10 +0100 teen-troublemakers-sentenced-for-violent-assault Six young people are appearing in court in Vienna on Wednesday, accused of beating a 15-year-old girl so badly last November that she ended up in hospital. They filmed the assault and shared the video on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.at/20170215/gang-responsible-for-shocking-assault-video-in-court Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:41:03 +0100 gang-responsible-for-shocking-assault-video-in-court A Chechen teenager has been arrested by special forces police in Vienna after making death threats on social media sites against the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. https://www.thelocal.at/20170209/teenage-troublemaker-arrested-after-death-threats-against-foreign-minister Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:17:30 +0100 teenage-troublemaker-arrested-after-death-threats-against-foreign-minister A 18-year-old woman from Carinthia is suing her parents for posting photos of her on Facebook without her consent. https://www.thelocal.at/20160914/woman-sues-parents-for-sharing-embarrassing-childhood-photos-on-facebook Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:10:37 +0200 woman-sues-parents-for-sharing-embarrassing-childhood-photos-on-facebook Austrian data privacy activist Max Schrems has achieved another legal victory in his bid to stop Facebook transferring European citizens’ data to the US after Irish investigators recommended his latest case be heard in the EU courts. https://www.thelocal.at/20160526/facebook-on-shaky-ground-after-austrian-data-activists-legal-victory Thu, 26 May 2016 12:22:53 +0200 facebook-on-shaky-ground-after-austrian-data-activists-legal-victory Negative reviews on social media could actually benefit businesses, a new study in Austria has shown. https://www.thelocal.at/20160517/negative-facebook-reviews-could-benefit-business-austrian-study Tue, 17 May 2016 14:22:55 +0200 negative-facebook-reviews-could-benefit-business-austrian-study Austrian student Max Schrems will be able to bring a lawsuit over alleged privacy breaches against US social media giant Facebook in Vienna, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20151021/austrian-lawsuit-against-facebook-admissible Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:00:36 +0200 austrian-lawsuit-against-facebook-admissible Few in America's Silicon Valley could have predicted that a young Austrian law graduate who spent a semester studying there would one day become high-tech companies' worst nightmare. https://www.thelocal.at/20151006/max-schrems-a-tech-giants-worst-nightmare Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:47:35 +0200 max-schrems-a-tech-giants-worst-nightmare Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has scored a legal victory at the European Court of Justice, after it ruled that the Safe Habour agreement that helps tech giants such as Facebook send personal data from the EU to the US is invalid. https://www.thelocal.at/20151006/tech-giants-dealt-blow-by-austrian-campaigner Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:39:14 +0200 tech-giants-dealt-blow-by-austrian-campaigner Austrian law graduate Max Schrems, who is suing Facebook for various rights violations, has won a victory in his fight at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). https://www.thelocal.at/20150923/small-victory-for-austrian-facebook-plaintiff Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:17:04 +0200 small-victory-for-austrian-facebook-plaintiff An Austrian court has rejected a class action case against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches, saying it lacks jurisdiction to decide the matter, court officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150701/austrian-court-rules-facebook-class-action-inadmissible Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:45:31 +0200 austrian-court-rules-facebook-class-action-inadmissible An Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action case against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches officially filed the suit in a Vienna court on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150409/activists-file-facebook-class-action-suit-in-austria Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:09:13 +0200 activists-file-facebook-class-action-suit-in-austria An Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action suit against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches said ahead of the first hearing Thursday he hopes the case will eventually lead to an overhaul of a "Wild West" approach to data protection. https://www.thelocal.at/20150408/facebook-faces-court-battle-over-privacy Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:31:00 +0200 facebook-faces-court-battle-over-privacy Police shut down an illegal all-night rave that had been organised via the WhatsApp mobile messaging app in Pram, Upper Austria over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.at/20150324/police-shut-down-illegal-rave-organised-via-whatsapp Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:14:14 +0100 police-shut-down-illegal-rave-organised-via-whatsapp A 36-year-old man from Lower Austria has received an 18 month conditional prison sentence and been ordered to pay a €500 fine for making far-right statements on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.at/20150129/man-jailed-for-making-far-right-comments-on-facebook Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:12:03 +0100 man-jailed-for-making-far-right-comments-on-facebook