Have you used TikTok?
Join the Representative Action now!
SOMI is taking legal action under the EU Representative Actions Directive against TikTok for failure to protect children and exposing millions of users to harmful content and manipulative practices. This lawsuit seeks compensation for the damage suffered, especially by the youngest and most vulnerable.
Join the representative action against TikTok and support the fight for digital rights.
For a small fee of €7.50, SOMI offers a step-by-step registration tutorial and communication support. We will provide you with the guide once the claim is available on the Ministry of Justice website.
What SOMI Demands
We call on TikTok to immediately end unlawful practices, including:
Manipulative personalized feed
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Deceptive user interface aimed at maximizing user retention
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Hidden automated profiling without valid consent
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Failure to safeguard users, especially minors, against harmful content
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Barriers to exercising data rights, including opting out
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Lack of clear information on data usage and profiling
How does this work?
If you used TikTok as a minor or your children have used TikTok, register now through the Ministry of Justice using this link.
In case you need assistance, SOMI offers an optional step-by-step registration tutorial to guide participants through the Ministry of Justice process for €7.50: this small contribution helps fund our consumer-rights campaigns across Europe.
Our team of legal and IT experts will take action for you and thousands of others.
If the Court rules in our favor and you have registered to join the claim you will be entitled to a compensation. The exact amount and eligibility will be determined by the court’s decision.
What is the Claim About?
TikTok is deeply embedded in the daily lives of young people in Italy, including children under 13 who can easily access the platform by simply lying about their age. The supposed age restrictions are nothing more than a façade: with no real verification in place, they are meaningless and can easily be bypassed. Despite claiming to protect minors with rules like limiting direct messages to those over 16 or livestreaming to those over 18, TikTok systematically exposes children to features that put them at risk. This deliberate negligence leaves minors vulnerable to manipulation, commercial exploitation, and harmful online dynamics.
At the heart of TikTok’s design lies the “For You” feed, an algorithmic profiling system that relentlessly tracks every tap, pause, and scroll. This mechanism creates a highly addictive cycle of personalized recommendations, locking children and adolescents into constant engagement. In this environment, minors are not only bombarded with commercial content, including hidden advertising, but are also systematically exposed to harmful material that poses both physical and psychological dangers. These include content promoting self-harm, viral challenges with severe physical risks, extreme diet culture and body dysmorphia, and the so-called “Sephora Kids” phenomenon, where very young users are aggressively targeted with beauty products.
TikTok engages in extensive data collection practices that go beyond what is strictly necessary for the app to function. Independent investigations and regulatory authorities have found that TikTok collects and processes users’ personal data without a valid legal basis and lets users join with no real age verification or parental approval, while offering privacy notices that are confusing, incomplete, and often presented only in English. Behind its playful surface, TikTok quietly builds detailed profiles on users’ behavior and preferences, using this information for targeted advertising and profit. Users are given no real choice: cookie banners are misleading, opt out options are hidden, and tracking continues even when users believe they have refused consent. This constant and opaque data harvesting exposes everyone — especially minors — to invasive profiling practices that disregard their right to privacy, safety, and control over personal information.
Why join this claim?
Protect your children – TikTok is highly popular among younger audience. They have been exposing children to harmful content.
You are entitled to your rights – You may be entitled to compensation if a company unlawfully processes your personal data.
TikTok has violated your privacy – your personal data is being collected and used without your consent.
Together we send a signal – We must end this kind of privacy violation. Companies must be transparent in their handling of personal data.
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EU Recognition
SOMI was designated as a competent authority for bringing cross-border representative actions for consumers in the European Union. This means that SOMI can represent victims across EU member states in our collective actions. You can see the list of all entities on:
About SOMI
Foundation for Market Information Research (SOMI) is a non- profit organization established to identify and influence issues of social importance. SOMI is a recognized claim foundation in the field of privacy and data autonomy and is committed, among other things, to protecting the fundamental rights of consumers and minors who use online services. With the app that SOMI has developed, we want to return ownership and control of personal data to all people:
All your data. all yours.
SOMI investigates abuses, informs the public and helps injured parties. SOMI does this by conducting collective proceedings and claiming compensation. For more information about SOMI, visit www.somi.nl.
