Key findings of the digital behavior of teenagers📱💻

A study commissioned by SOMI and conducted by Adiona Expertisecentrum KJGC reveals how digital media shape teenagers’ routines, connections, and wellbeing.

🇳🇱 Full research 👉 somi.nl/storage/6072...

#SOMI #dataprivacy #digitalwellbeing

TikTok banned 20 accounts after BBC revealed AI-generated black female avatars being used to promote adult sites ⚠️.
The avatars were highly sexualized and with exaggerated features.

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 🔗
www.bbc.com/news/article...

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 – 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.
#SOMI #SOMIFoundation #SOMIapp #Europe

🗞️🔴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁.

🗣️ Whistleblowers from #Meta and #TikTok revealed in the BBC’s documentary, 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, how they were asked to maximise #profit at the expenses of users’ mental #wellbeing.

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article...

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 #𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, #𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
This is what #consumers are asking from social media platforms.

🔍 𝟴𝟳% fear their #personaldata to be misused by #BigTech
🎯 𝟴𝟵,𝟱% are concerned about #targeting
🔐𝟵𝟰,𝟱%worry about #databreaches

It’s time for a change.

Last Friday we hosted our very first live Q&A session 💬🎥, a great moment to connect with our community and answer all of your questions.
Exciting updates are coming 🚀, so make sure to stay tuned 👀📲!

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 – 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.

#SOMI #SOMIFoundation #SOMIapp

𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜? 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

It’s called #𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 the new trend raising among #GenZ. 🤖
Instead of expressing their emotions, young people are outsourcing hard conversations to #AI.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: lnkd.in/eMhk5TQp & lnkd.in/gzV8J49J

🇩🇪 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗫 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆. #SOMI has jurisdiction over the case and the lawsuit is funded by #donations.

No #BigTech company is above the law and #GDPR is a shield.

🔗 lnkd.in/eK66xBhh & lnkd.in/eU7Ra5mC
⚖️ @spiritlegal.bsky.social

🔹 #SOMI Blog | #𝗘𝗨 #𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 🔗 somi.nl/en/eu-age-ve...

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝟭 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧!⏳
Have you filled out the survey yet?📊
Survey link: tally.so/r/1Alj8g

On Friday, March 6, from 4 to 5 pm, we’ll be hosting a live Q&A session where we’ll discuss the survey results together with you.
The session will be streamed live on YouTube and Instagram.
#SOMI #DataPrivacy

Welcome to ✨ 𝘗𝘙𝘐𝘝𝘈𝘊𝘠 𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒𝘋𝘖𝘞𝘕 ✨ our monthly format to recap all the latest news on #Privacy, #GDPR and #PersonalData.

Here’s what happened in February 👉 somi.nl/storage/6068...

𝙎𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁! 🔥 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.

𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗 💬

Your digital privacy matters, and we want to hear from YOU!
Don’t wait, drop them in the comments.
We’ll answer them live during the session!

Fill in our free survey:
👉 tally.so/r/1Alj8g

🚨 LIVE Q&A – March 6 | 4–5 PM 🚨

S𝗢𝗠𝗜 – 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.

#SaveTheDate 📅 Oral Hearing in SOMI’s Redress Proceedings Against #X in #Germany.

⏰ 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠
📍 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟰𝟱, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿
𝗘𝗹ß𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘇𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮ß𝗲 𝟯𝟬-𝟯𝟯, 𝟭𝟬𝟳𝟴𝟭 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆

More info 🔗 somi.nl/en/oral-hear...

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 👉 somi.nl/en/meta-sued...

𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦🔗 nieuws.nl/economie/cla...; www.welingelichtekringen.nl/economie/cla...; www.rd.nl/artikel/1139...

🔴 #𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻: 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 #𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 #𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 - 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸.

𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 #𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 👉 lnkd.in/eBuNt3j7

❌ The lawsuit is about: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.

🔴 𝗢𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵: 𝟲.𝟮 𝗠𝗹𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀

Names, dates of birth, ID details, phone numbers, email and postal addresses, IBAN. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱. All out there.

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 🔗 techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/d... & nltimes.nl/2026/02/17/o...

🚨𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 #𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 #𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀.

Main risks include:
🚩 Recording people in public spaces without #consent
🚩 #Meta may access wearers' #personaldata
🚩 Such data could enable extensive #profiling

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/m... & lifehacker.com/tech/smart-g...

🔒 Take full control of your digital life with the SOMI app! 🔒 SOMI gives you the tools to see, manage, and protect your digital footprint.
Explore the app now:
🔗 somi.nl/en/somi-app#...

#SOMI #SOMIapp #DataPrivacy #PrivacyMatters 
#CyberSecurity

How Qualified Entities Help Consumers Challenge Big Tech in 2026 YouTube video by Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie

New link 🔗 youtu.be/BIF5LUmqpaQ?...

🔴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗗𝗦𝗔.

🇪🇺 After reporting a remarkable 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 in the #EU (Oct 2025), #ChatGPT has surpassed the trashold that triggers obligations for #VLOPs.

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: www.euronews.com/next/2025/10... & www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 #𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 🤚

Under #GDPR, companies must assess the #risk, notify authorities, and protect #users. ⚠️ Yet, many #platforms still struggle with basic safeguards.

🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... & commission.europa.eu/law/law-topi...

Commission investigates Grok and X\'s recommender systems under the Digital Services Act The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

🔴 𝗫 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗨 🔥

🇪🇺The @ec.europa.eu has officially opened an investigation into #X and #Grok over potential violations of the Digital Service Act #DSA.

Press corner 👉 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 #𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆𝘿𝙖𝙮! 🔐

❓ 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?
Back in 1981, long before smartphones, #socialmedia, or #AI, the international community adopted #𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟭𝟬𝟴, the world’s first legally binding #dataprotection treaty.

Let’s continue to protect what matters 🫵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀.

How Qualified Entities Help Consumers Challenge Big Tech in 2026 YouTube video by Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie

One unlawful practice can harm thousands of #consumers across #EU — and too many still feel powerless to act.

👥 Discover how #𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 defend consumer rights
🇪🇺 Learn more about #𝗥𝗔𝗗
🛡️ See how 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 helps enforce #GDPR rights through #collectiveaction

Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/4T3lgzYXaKo?...

🔴 #𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀, including digital #undressing and #AI #deepfakes.

🔎 Over 20k images and 50k requests, 53% featured minimal attire, 81% depicted #women and 2% #minors.

🔗 www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...; www.bbc.com/news/article...

🔷 #SOMI Blog | 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

#AI-stripped, digitally abused and sexually exploited. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to #OGBV. And yet, the phenomenon remains far from being dismantled.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 👉 somi.nl/en/digital-h...

⚖️🛡️ 𝗫’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

#SOMI has filed a landmark class action in Berlin against #X over alleged #GDPR #violations. The US company is trying everything to dismiss the case and deny responsibility 👉 somi.nl/en/xs-chilli...

🇦🇺 #𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 #𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?

𝗠𝗘𝗣𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼:
🔷 Ban #harmfulcontent
🔷 Tackle persuasive #design
🔷 Fight #commercialexploitation
🔷 Address risks linked to #AI

🔗 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... & www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

🎄✨ This Christmas, give yourself the greatest gift of all - real control over your #privacy.

Secure your data with #𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 #𝗔𝗽𝗽 and step into the new year with 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 #𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺.

Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/nl/app/somi-...

Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

🔴 The @ec.europa.eu has imposed a €120 million penalty on #X (formerly #Twitter) for violations of the #DSA.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 👉 ec.europa.eu/commission/p... & www.politico.eu/article/elon...

🔴 From 10 December 2025, Australian #kids under 16 will no longer be able to access or create any #account on #socialmediaplatforms.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 🔗 edition.cnn.com/2025/11/29/a... & www.bbc.com/news/article...