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General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment : implications for children’s right to privacy and data protection in Africa Ghent University

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, Valerie Verdoodt, Eva Lievens
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its much-awaited General Comment No. 25 on children's rights in the digital environment in 2021. Much of the conversations since its adoption have centred on how General Comment No. 25 influences State behaviours in the western world or globally. Little attention has been given as to what General Comment No. 25 means for children's right to privacy in Africa. This article seeks to explore ...

'A special offer for you!' : personalisation of in-game commercial practices at the crossroads of data protection and consumer protection regulation Ghent University

Pieterjan Declerck, Eva Lievens, Valerie Verdoodt
The videogame industry has exponentially grown in recent years, both in terms of generated revenue and numbers of players around the world. Data-driven videogame business models increasingly rely on both micro-transactions and the monetisation of personal data provided by players. These evolutions have led to personalisation of commercial practices within videogames based on player data. Such personalisation practices may be used to encourage ...

The EU approach to safeguard children's rights on video-sharing platforms : jigsaw or maze? Ghent University

Valerie Verdoodt, Eva Lievens, Argyro Chatzinikolaou
Children are keen consumers of audiovisual media content. Video-sharing platforms (VSPs), such as YouTube and TikTok, offer a wealth of child-friendly or child-appropriate content but also content which—depending on the age of the child—might be considered inappropriate or potentially harmful. Moreover, such VSPs often deploy algorithmic recommender systems to personalise the content that children are exposed to (e.g., through auto-play ...