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TikTok unable to verify ages, Irish data watchdog told
2021-04-11 22:00:00
Video app 'negligent' in monitoring site, claims think tank
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More than 60,000 European parents involved are against TikTok
2021-04-07 22:00:00
According to SOMI, concerns about the Chinese platform among parents are greater than ever after another fatal incident with the so-called blackout challenge on TikTok. Plus, people let themselves suffocate for as long as possible while photographing themselves. Last month, a twelve-year-old American boy died as a result of this challenge. Earlier this year, a 10-year-old Italian girl died from the challenge of a power outage, her parents said. Children under the age of sixteen need permission from their parents to get a TikTok account, but according to SOMI, age verification is easy to circumvent.
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EU regulators urged to ‘intervene immediately’ into suicide games on TikTok
2021-04-06 22:00:00
EU regulators have been urged to intervene immediately into the operation of video-sharing app TikTok, following the trend of Blackout Challenges across social media, which have led to a series of deaths among young people.
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A wave of class actions is coming for Big Tech
2021-02-02 05:30:00
European consumer groups are eyeing cases on data protection and sustainability.
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Dutch privacy group calls for investigation into Palantir due to privacy concerns
2020-12-14 23:00:00
According to ComputerWeekly, the Dutch privacy group SOMI is calling for an investigation into the activities of controversial data analytics firm Palantir across the EU. SOMI argues that Palantir and European agencies using its technology have not shared information on how the company accesses citizens' data, who uses it, and what for. The public complaint points to possible violations of the EU's GDPR.
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Dutch Group Calls for Scrutiny of Palantir Over Opaque Partnerships With EU Law Enforcement Agencies, Possible Privacy Violations
2020-11-24 23:00:00
SOMI, a Dutch privacy group, is calling for a large-scale investigation into the partnerships that data analytics company Palantir Technologies has with a number of law enforcement and intelligence agencies throughout the European Union. SOMI contends that the firm could be participating in both knowing and unknowing privacy violations based on its associations with agencies that are making use of predictive policing technologies.
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Privacy advocates are calling for a European investigation into Palantir
2020-11-17 08:16:37
The Dutch privacy group SOMI calls for a comprehensive investigation into the EU-wide activities of the disputed data analytics firm Palantir and seeks to raise awareness of European governments' cooperation with EU overseas tech companies on surveillance and profile technology.
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Privacy advocates call for a European investigation into Palantir
2020-11-15 23:00:00
The Dutch privacy group SOMI is calling for a wide-ranging investigation into the activities of the controversial data analytics firm Palantir in the European Union (EU) and wants to raise awareness about the collaboration of European governments with technology companies from outside the EU on profiling and surveillance technology.
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Privacy advocates demand a European survey of Palantir
2020-11-15 23:00:00
The Dutch privacy group SOMI is calling for an extensive investigation into the activities of the controversial data analytics firm Palantir throughout the European Union (EU) on collaboration between the European government and non-EU technology companies on surveillance and profiling technology.