First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms of service read 2026-11-12
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OMS: l'ús problemàtic entre adolescents va pujar del 7 % a l'11 %
Rebut: Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
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Recerca · JAMA Pediatrics 2023
Consultaconstant:vinculadaacanvisalcervell.
“The results of this cohort study suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain's sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
Original en anglès
QUIN TIPUS DE PROVAOne peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause. Paid for by: US National Institute on Drug Abuse.
JAMA Pediatrics · 2023-02-01
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Rebut
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Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
QUÈ SIGNIFICAEstà en els seus propis termes, paraula per paraula. Tres models d'IA de tres empreses van revisar la cita.
QUÈ POTS FERToca per llegir la frase exacta.
quoted from their own document · checked by our jury
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Dins de l'aplicació
5
coses sobre tu i al teu voltant que l'app pot demanar al telèfon
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QUÈ SIGNIFICAEl fitxer de l'aplicació els enumera. El teu telèfon et pregunta abans dels més delicats.
QUÈ POTS FERConfiguració del telèfon → Aplicacions → permisos: desactiva el que no necessiti.
Android app 3.97.1 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-10-21
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El final
Això és tot.
SENSE FEEDAquí no hi ha feed infinit. Has vist tot el que tenim sobre aquesta aplicació.
Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
The privacy policy of BeReal (version served in DE), archived on 2026-11-10, contains this sentence: "Advertising measurement partners : To measure advertising performance, including app-install attribution and, where you agree, visits to physical locations following advertising exposure, we may share mobile advertising IDs, device identifiers and advertising-exposure data with measurement partners.".
What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.
How BeReal's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.
Close-account article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
What the stores and its help centre say
The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.
App Store (US): not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Google Play (US), as the listing showed it
Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Location and Personal info”)
Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Location, Personal info and 6 others”)
Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Dins de l'aplicació d'Android
What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for BeReal (Android version 3.97.1, report of 2026-10-21). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE · 2024-09-25 · SOCIAL MEDIA IN GENERAL
Teens, screens and mental health
“New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022.”
“More than 1 in 10 adolescents (11%) showed signs of problematic social media behaviour, struggling to control their use and experiencing negative consequences.”
Status: About social media in general, not about this app alone.
Peer-reviewed studies about social media in general, not about BeReal alone. Each is one study: an association in a sample, not proof of cause. Studies do not all agree, and we show one that found the link is small.
JAMA PEDIATRICS · 2023-02-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
Association of Habitual Checking Behaviors on Social Media With Longitudinal Functional Brain Development
“The results of this cohort study suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain's sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause.
Qui ho va pagar: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
JAMA PSYCHIATRY · 2019-12-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth
“Adolescents who spend more than 3 hours per day using social media may be at heightened risk for mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 6,595 US adolescents. An association, not proof of cause. About social media in general.
Qui ho va pagar: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money) · Canadian Institutes of Health Research (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR · 2019-01-14 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use
“The association we find between digital technology use and adolescent well-being is negative but small, explaining at most 0.4% of the variation in well-being.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed analysis of 355,358 adolescents. It found the link is small: studies do not all agree.
Qui ho va pagar: The study's Europe PMC record lists no funder. That is not the same as no funding.
Whole sentences copied exactly from BeReal's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.
MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"If you are a minor, and are not sure you understand everything in this Policy, please make sure to speak with a trusted adult before using BeReal."
"If you choose to share your location and you are not a minor, by default, your precise location (street level) is shared but you can switch it to your approximate location (city level)."
"We do not tolerate harassment, bullying, defamation, threats, hate content, child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, promotion of suicide or self-harm, intellectual property theft or other illegal activities."
"BeReal (the “App”) collects information that you provide directly to us, through your use of our App and your visit to our website or shared by third parties."
"In the last twelve (12) months, we may have sold, shared or processed for targeted advertising the following categories of personal information: identifiers, device identifiers, mobile advertising IDs, internet or other electronic network activity information, approximate geolocation information, and advertising-related inferences."
"By using our services, you understand and agree that we must collect, use, store, process, share and transfer this information in the countries where we operate our services and to the partners who help us provide our services."
"We keep your information only for as long as it’s needed to provide our services to you, in line with legal requirements and data protection authorities guidelines."
"Additionally, we are legally required to retain Transaction Data and related financial records for a longer period (up to ten years) to comply with tax, accounting, and consumer protection laws."
"BeReal will send you SMS messages related to your account and the execution of these terms, such as security alerts, service interruption or maintenance notifications, information relating to the deletion of your account, etc."
"In this Privacy Policy, we will explain what information we collect about you, how we use it, when we share it, and the controls we provide you to manage the information you share with us."
Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.
One request per person per day; nothing about you is stored.
Company response
none yet
What changed in its policies
BEREAL · TERMS OF SERVICE
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2024-01-04"Our Services means all aspects of the BeReal mobile applications, our website ( https://bereal.com/ ) and the software and systems powering the applications and our website."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2024-01-31"Our Services means all aspects of the BeReal mobile applications, our website and the software and systems powering the applications and our website."
OMS: l'ús problemàtic entre adolescents va pujar del 7 % a l'11 %
Rebut: Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
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