News and Research articles on Consumer protection

(Un)disclosed brand partnerships: How platform policies and interfaces shape commercial content for influencers

Taylor Annabell, Utrecht University
Laura Aade, University of Luxembourg
Catalina Goanta, Utrecht University
PUBLISHED ON: 15 Nov 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.4.1814

This paper analyses how platform policies and interfaces of TikTok, YouTube, Snap, and Instagram shape commercial content for influencers and the legal duty to disclose such content under European consumer law.

Big data: big power shifts?

Lena Ulbricht, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Maximilian von Grafenstein, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.1.406

This special issue looks at studies that scrutinise big data and power in concrete fields of application. It brings together scholars from different disciplines shedding light on the fields of agriculture, education, border control and consumer policy.

Virtual worlds players – consumers or citizens?

Edina Harbinja, University of Strathclyde
PUBLISHED ON: 15 Oct 2014 DOI: 10.14763/2014.4.329

Recognising the concept of constitutionalisation of virtual worlds (such as Second Life or World of Warcraft), this paper argues for a more nuanced approach towards the recognition of virtual assets of users.