2021-06-01 22:00:00

A Netherlands-based non-profit organisation initiated a lawsuit against social media app TikTok seeking €1.4 billion in compensation for allegedly neglecting the privacy and safety of more than 1 million Dutch children.

2021-06-01 22:00:00

The case was brought by the Market Information Research Foundation (SOMI), which represents more than 64,000 parents. One of the founders of the foundation, Cor Wijtvliet, says that regulators do not act against TikTok and that he is therefore going to court in Amsterdam. On Wednesday, the complainants sent a subpoena to TikTok.

2021-04-11 22:00:00

Video app 'negligent' in monitoring site, claims think tank

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.

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.

2021-02-02 05:30:00

European consumer groups are eyeing cases on data protection and sustainability.

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.

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.

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.