Irish watchdog aborts talks with Europe vs. Facebook, via text
The Austrian group Europe versus Facebook, which has been a thorn in the social-networking giant's European side ever since it brought various privacy issues to light and spurred an investigation by Ireland Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes, just got a rather unpleasant text message. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has made it quite clear it does not have the time to talk to the group, even though the duo has been working together for months with the goal of getting Facebook to care about privacy.
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