In October 2015, the famous whistleblower Edward Snowden published one of his rare tweets. "Congratulations, Max Schrems. You changed the face of the world for the better." Coming from the activist who revealed in detail the extent of the NSA's mass surveillance capabilities, the compliment is fraught with meaning. And on Monday, May 22, it took on a whole new dimension: the Irish Data Protection Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union, imposed on Meta the heaviest penalty ever imposed in Europe with 1.2 billion euros. This is the third fine imposed by the EU on Meta since the beginning of the year, and the fourth in six months.
What exactly is Max Schrems' role in this legal victory, which is akin to David's fight against Goliath? The Austrian activist is one of the most fervent defenders of online privacy protection and one of the most tenacious opponents of the abuses of Gafa on the use of data...
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