Topic: Max Schrems

George Soros is reported to have donated 400,000 pounds to a campaign aimed at overturning Brexit, leading to accusations of foreign meddling in British politics. Meanwhile, a long-standing class-action lawsuit led by Max Schrems against Facebook for privacy violations continues in the EU. The show concludes with a parody song about a Spirit Airlines passenger who was allegedly told to flush her emotional support hamster down a toilet.

Austrian law graduate Max Schrems leads a class-action lawsuit against Facebook in a Vienna court, representing 25,000 users. The suit alleges that Facebook breached EU privacy laws by sharing data with the NSA and other commercial interests. Facebook attempts to have the case dismissed on procedural grounds, but the hosts view it as a landmark test for European data protection rights.