News and Research articles on Societal harms

Perceived personal and societal data harms shape users’ data control preferences

Emilija Gagrčin, University of Bergen
Roland Toth, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society
Nadja Schaetz, University of Hamburg
Teresa Naab, University of Mannheim
Martin Emmer, Freie Universität Berlin
PUBLISHED ON: 9 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2060

Young Europeans respond differently to data harms: perceived adverse consequences to oneself lead to resignation from individual control while perceived adverse consequences for democracy motivate support for both personal and regulatory protections.