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🎄✨ 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.

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⚖️🛡️ 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...
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🇦🇺 #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...
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🎄✨ 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.

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December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🔴 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...
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).
ec.europa.eu
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🔴 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...
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 🚨 ⚠️ 𝟯.𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 #𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 #𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲?

✅ Restrict #privacysettings to your contact only
✅ Limit the use of phone numbers as identifiers
✅ Avoid sensitive details in your WhatsApp bio

𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🇪🇺 Less administrative work, more room for innovation is the promise behind the #EU #𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀.

Policymakers say the framework will be #GDPR-compliant. 👩🏻‍⚖️ The proposal raises questions about #privacy and #personaldata.

🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili... and ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🇮🇹 Have you or your children used #TikTok and do you live in #Italy? Join our #RepresentativeAction now 👉 tiktokclaim.it/it/homepage

SOMI is taking legal action under the #EU #RAD against TikTok for 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 #𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 #𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚀 🔒Download #SOMIApp and start exercising your #GDPR #rights right away!

🎁 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 31𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2025 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 #𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦.

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 – 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🇩🇰 SOMI is launching a #classaction lawsuit in #Denmark against #Meta for exploiting #children through addictive features and #algorithmicmanipulation 👉 metaclaim.dk/en

⚖️📄 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 50k 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 2026.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🔷 #SOMI Blog | 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 #𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗔𝗜.

“Intellectual property shall be protected”, states the #EU Charter of #FundamentalRights. Are then these words destined to remain just a motto? 🔗 somi.nl/en/learning-...
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🔴 𝟭𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 #𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 #𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 (𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 $𝟭𝟲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻) 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 #𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺𝘀. This is what emerge from @reuters.com report 👉 www.reuters.com/investigatio...

⚠️ Fraud is just one of the unlawful practices linked to Meta. Discover our collective actions 👉 somi.nl/en/all-cases
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🇧🇪 Have you used #X (formerly #Twitter) and do you live in #Belgium? Join our collective claim! 👉 twitterclaim.be/en

The claim about is about #𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, #𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵. #𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵.

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗨𝗽 𝗡𝗼𝘄 🤝 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. That’s what #GenZ expects when it comes to sharing their #data #online.

👉 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 #𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: usercentrics.com/resources/wi...
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⚠️ #AI #chatbots are no longer just informational tools. They are becoming emotionally engaging entities capable of creating #relationships that mimic human connection.

Read more 🔗 somi.nl/en/Oh-I-Get-... & www.internetmatters.org/hub/research...
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🇪🇺 #TikTok and #Meta found in breach of their #transparency obligation under the Digital Service Act #DSA by @ec.europa.eu.

👉 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹?
#𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮.
#𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴.

Read more: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 #litigationfunding 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 #Europeansociety? 🚀 Meet #SOMI at #ImpactFest2025.

📅 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻? October 30, 2025, from 11.45 AM to 1:00 PM.
📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? Room 12, Fokker Terminal, The Hague.
🎟️ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: www.impactfest.nl/tickets
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧’𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁?

🗣️ “𝘐𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 (...) 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 #𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴”, said #OpenAI founder, #SamAltman.

👉 Redefining boundaries, or crossing them? What's your take?

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: www.bbc.com/news/article... & www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚀 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴! 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 #𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵2025! 🎉

Join our panel on how #𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 can help build a safer, more equitable 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆.

📅 October 30, 2025, from 11.45 AM to 1:00 PM.
📍 Room 12, Fokker Terminal, The Hague.
🎟️ Tickets here: www.impactfest.nl/tickets
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🛑 The vote for #ChatControl, the #EU #proposal aimed to combat #CSAM has been delayed due to the lack of consensus among EU Member States.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: www.politico.eu/article/eu-o... & www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 #𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝗔𝗜𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗽.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲:
#𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 services.
✅ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 #𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀.
✅ 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿.

AI browser: top innovation or digital trap? Either way, your data shouldn’t be part of the risk. 🔗 www.foxnews.com/tech/how-ai-...
October 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔴 #𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 #𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 #𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲.

The Court of Appeal has now acknowledged that #immaterialdamages can indeed be claimed collectively on behalf of all affected #users.

Press release 👉 somi.nl/en/somi-foun...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔷 𝗢𝗵, 𝗜 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺… [𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱] 𝗼𝗿 [𝗔𝗜]?

The trend of #AIcompanions is rapidly increasing, especially among vulnerable #children and #teens. In some cases, #chatbots are perceived as even more “real” than a human friend. 👉 somi.nl/en/Oh-I-Get-...
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🏅 Fan #challenges and top customized #badges – this is the latest (addictive) feature rolled out by #Facebook.

Probably the real challenge is #socialmedia #platforms to stop shipping features designed to prey on people’s attention. 👉 And what's your take?

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/f...
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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