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The year 2026 is and will continue to be an intense election year, with nearly half the world's population heading to the polls.

While generative AI has brought incredible innovation, it has also introduced a dark and deeply personal form of digital violence: 'nudifying' apps. These tools allow users to take a regular photo of a classmate, friend, or teacher and use AI to create a sexually explicit deepfake.

In 2024, WhatsApp emerged as the second most reported platform to our Online Safety Emergency Unit, with the majority of cases involving children and young people. While many adults still view it as a simple tool for family group chats, the reality has shifted.

In the upcoming school year, Espoo schools will employ new ways of intervening in bullying and harassment online.

Together with MasterCard Lighthouse we are building partnerships that will catalyze the scaling of our impact and create safer social media for an increasingly global audience.

If you don't dare to communicate what you are working for, how much are you compromising your competitiveness and possibilities? In this blog text I am writing how we are worried about our younger generation in social media, but often forgetting that we adults are also vulnerable and need to take care of our safety.

Social media harassment is unfortunately common today and happens on all popular social media platforms. What are the most common forms of social media harassment and what are the psychological effects? What emotions does it evoke and how can it affect individual behaviour in the longer term?