An Australian law student made a bold move on Friday as he appealed to billions of Facebook users to join a class action lawsuit to be filed against Facebook. He cited the violation of users' privacy as the main case of the lawsuit he intends to file.

The student Max Schrems has a pending case related to the social media network filed at the European Court of Justice. He has filed a claim at the commercial court of Vienna and is encouraging other users to join the action using their Facebook log in details at www.fbclaim.com.

As stipulated under the Australian law, financial claims can be transferred to an individual even if a group of people filed a financial claim.

Specifically, Schrems is claiming 500 euros per use as claiming damages after Facebook has allegedly committed data violations. He cited how Facebook has helped the United States National Security in implementing its Prism program. The program is said to have dug into the personal details of Facebook users. He also noted that Facebook shares data to other external applications.

This is not the first time that Facebook has gone under fire for reportedly violating laws on data protection.

Just recently, a data watchdog based in Great Britain has launched an investigation on an experiment held in 2012 on unwitting users. This said to have altered the emotional state of users.

Facebook is the world's largest social networking site with 1.32 billion users to date. It reported a 61 percent increase in sales garnered mainly through mobile advertising giving the company a whopping value of $200 billion.

Meanwhile, Facebook authorities have not issued any comment on the case.

The claims for damages filed by Schrems will be assessed under California law since the social media giant is being governed by the financially generous California law.