Facebook must reply to action on privacy

Facebook has been given four weeks to reply to a class action over online privacy.

A court in Vienna has told campaigners behind the lawsuit they have passed the first step in their David v Goliath battle against the social network.

Max Schrems, the Austrian lawyer leading the Europe-v-Facebook challenge, revealed 25,000 users from outside the US and Canada have signed up to support the case and another 35,000 have also registered support.