2026-04-01 09:00:00

Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Copenhagen (Denmark) – April 1st, 2026 – The non-profit foundation Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie (SOMI) has officially filed a class action lawsuit at the Copenhagen City Court against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. SOMI is acting as a group representative on behalf of minors and their parents in Denmark who have had their rights violated and suffered mental harm through the use of Facebook and Instagram.

2026-03-12 14:36:35

On February 4th, 2026, the Oberlandesgericht Dresden published a press release about four parallel judgments dated February 3rd, 2026 concerning Meta’s so called “Business Tools”.

2025-12-09 10:41:24

AI-stripped, digitally abused and sexually exploited. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gender-based violence, which affects thousands of women every day in online environments. And yet, the phenomenon remains far from being dismantled.

2025-10-08 00:00:00

An appeals court has cleared a major hurdle that could have blocked NGOs from pursuing non-material damages class actions.

2025-10-07 11:13:00

TikTok data practices will remain under the scrutiny, after the Amsterdam Court of Appeal confirmed the Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie's standing in collective proceedings over privacy violations.

2025-09-29 13:40:00

Meta Platforms faces a potential Danish class action after the Dutch foundation SOMI send a warning letter accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of knowingly exposing children to "harmful and addictive products".

2025-08-27 15:06:00

The Netherlands-based Foundation for Market Information Research, or SOMI, wants to increase its collective action litigation campaigns against tech firms like Meta, TikTok, and X.

2025-03-10 00:00:00

TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) are no strangers to lawsuits and regulatory penalties for violations of various regulations around the world, including those protecting data privacy. In these latest lawsuits, class actions have been filed in Germany against the two companies for alleged violations of several EU laws.

2025-02-19 00:00:00

Four (4) cross-border class action suits against social media giants TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) have been recently filed in Germany, alleging violations of German and EU law, particularly the Digital Services Act (DSA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the new Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The class action suits were filed by the Dutch Foundation for Market Information Research (Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie, or SOMI), a non-profit organization authorized to bring cross-border representative actions for consumers in the European Union.