Eva Lievens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4091739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eva Lievens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eva |
| FAMILY NAME | Lievens |
| SIGNATURE | LIEVENS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5993-923X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Loot boxes as part of a layered platform ecosystem: A multidisciplinary perspective
By considering diverse disciplinary perspectives on the psychological impact, design and regulation of loot boxes, this paper departs from a shared need for a holistic comprehension of the platform ecosystem in which contemporary videogames are played, developed and governed. The rationale of this paper is grounded in the rapid evolution of monetisation in videogames, which has not only generated scientific interest towards digital consumption, b…
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
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 …
The Un Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on the Digital Environment
For too long, child rights advocates knew little about the internet while internet governance experts knew little about children’s rights. In March 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) adopted General Comment 25 (GC25) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment. A General Comment is an authoritative document which sets out how states should implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in speci…
The EU Approach to Safeguard Children’s Rights on Video-Sharing Platforms: Jigsaw or Maze
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 features)…
Safeguarding the child’s right to privacy and data protection in the European Union and China: A tale of state duties and business responsibilities
The importance of strong legislative frameworks to guarantee children's privacy, agency and safety in the digital environment has been emphasised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its most recent general comment. Both the EU and China, who(se Member States) are Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, have adopted their own legislative frameworks for protecting children's rights to privacy and data protect…
Growing Up with Digital Technologies: How the Precautionary Principle Might Contribute to Addressing Potential Serious Harm to Children’s Rights
Digital technologies affect the lives of children and the rights that are specifically attributed to them by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), article 24 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and many national constitutions. There is no doubt that the digital environment has enormous potential for the empowerment of children and their exercise of the UNCRC rights. Yet, children (and their parents) are expected to…
Children’s reflections on privacy and the protection of their personal data: A child-centric approach to data protection information formats
Child-friendly transparency of data processing in the EU: From legal requirements to platform policies
Vast amounts of personal data of children are collected and processed in today’s increasingly digital, connected society by public and private actors. Children do have a right to the protection of their personal data and, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), even merit specific protection. Children should be clearly informed of and understand what happens with their data when it is collected, processed, stored and transferr…
A legal perspective on trust, control and privacy in the context of sexting among children in Europe
Children are engaging with technology to establish and maintain intimate relationships and explore their sexual identity. Sexting is one of the ways in which this exploration occurs, often on a consensual basis. In a first stage, this article reflects on the concepts of trust, control and privacy as prerequisites to engage in sexting. In a second stage, the authors explore the extent to which legislative instruments enable the legitimate explorat…
The Child’s Right to Protection against Economic Exploitation in the Digital World
Children face significant consumer risks when surfing online, related to, inter alia , embedded advertisements and privacy-invasive practices, as well as the exploitation of their incredulity and inexperience resulting in overspending or online fraudulent transactions. Behind the fun and playful activities available for children online lie complex revenue models, creating value for companies by feeding children’s data into algorithms and self-lea…
A legal perspective on the non-consensual dissemination of sexual images: Identifying strengths and weaknesses of legislation in the US, UK and Belgium
Bullying and sexting in social networks: Protecting minors from criminal acts or empowering minors to cope with risky behaviour
The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments to Protect Minors in the Digital Era: Applying Freedom of Expression Safeguards
Since the mid-1990s, it has become increasingly clear that legislation, used to protect minors against harmful content in traditional media, is not suitable to regulate the drastically transformed digital media landscape in an efficient manner. In response to this situation, alternative regulatory instruments (ARIs), such as self- and co-regulation, have been incorporated in regulatory strategies to protect minors against harmful digital content.…
Protecting Children in the Digital Era: The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments
From the mid-1990s onwards concerns regarding the exposure of children to harmful content in the increasingly digital media environment intensified. Soon thereafter policy makers across Europe realised that alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation, might be more appropriate than traditional legislation to address this matter of public interest. Taking the complex and delicate nature of protecting minors into account, th…
The Child’s Right to Protection against Economic Exploitation in the Digital World
Children face significant consumer risks when surfing online, related to, inter alia , embedded advertisements and privacy-invasive practices, as well as the exploitation of their incredulity and inexperience resulting in overspending or online fraudulent transactions. Behind the fun and playful activities available for children online lie complex revenue models, creating value for companies by feeding children’s data into algorithms and self-lea…
Growing Up with Digital Technologies: How the Precautionary Principle Might Contribute to Addressing Potential Serious Harm to Children’s Rights
Digital technologies affect the lives of children and the rights that are specifically attributed to them by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), article 24 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and many national constitutions. There is no doubt that the digital environment has enormous potential for the empowerment of children and their exercise of the UNCRC rights. Yet, children (and their parents) are expected to…
A legal perspective on the non-consensual dissemination of sexual images: Identifying strengths and weaknesses of legislation in the US, UK and Belgium
Bullying and sexting in social networks: Protecting minors from criminal acts or empowering minors to cope with risky behaviour
Children’s reflections on privacy and the protection of their personal data: A child-centric approach to data protection information formats
Protecting Children in the Digital Era: The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments
From the mid-1990s onwards concerns regarding the exposure of children to harmful content in the increasingly digital media environment intensified. Soon thereafter policy makers across Europe realised that alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation, might be more appropriate than traditional legislation to address this matter of public interest. Taking the complex and delicate nature of protecting minors into account, th…
Protecting Children in the Digital Era: The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments
From the mid-1990s onwards concerns regarding the exposure of children to harmful content in the increasingly digital media environment intensified. Soon thereafter policy makers across Europe realised that alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation, might be more appropriate than traditional legislation to address this matter of public interest. Taking the complex and delicate nature of protecting minors into account, th…
The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments to Protect Minors in the Digital Era: Applying Freedom of Expression Safeguards
Since the mid-1990s, it has become increasingly clear that legislation, used to protect minors against harmful content in traditional media, is not suitable to regulate the drastically transformed digital media landscape in an efficient manner. In response to this situation, alternative regulatory instruments (ARIs), such as self- and co-regulation, have been incorporated in regulatory strategies to protect minors against harmful digital content.…
Bullying and sexting in social networks: Protecting minors from criminal acts or empowering minors to cope with risky behaviour
A legal perspective on the non-consensual dissemination of sexual images: Identifying strengths and weaknesses of legislation in the US, UK and Belgium
Child-friendly transparency of data processing in the EU: From legal requirements to platform policies
Vast amounts of personal data of children are collected and processed in today’s increasingly digital, connected society by public and private actors. Children do have a right to the protection of their personal data and, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), even merit specific protection. Children should be clearly informed of and understand what happens with their data when it is collected, processed, stored and transferr…
A legal perspective on trust, control and privacy in the context of sexting among children in Europe
Children are engaging with technology to establish and maintain intimate relationships and explore their sexual identity. Sexting is one of the ways in which this exploration occurs, often on a consensual basis. In a first stage, this article reflects on the concepts of trust, control and privacy as prerequisites to engage in sexting. In a second stage, the authors explore the extent to which legislative instruments enable the legitimate explorat…
The Child’s Right to Protection against Economic Exploitation in the Digital World
Children face significant consumer risks when surfing online, related to, inter alia , embedded advertisements and privacy-invasive practices, as well as the exploitation of their incredulity and inexperience resulting in overspending or online fraudulent transactions. Behind the fun and playful activities available for children online lie complex revenue models, creating value for companies by feeding children’s data into algorithms and self-lea…
Growing Up with Digital Technologies: How the Precautionary Principle Might Contribute to Addressing Potential Serious Harm to Children’s Rights
Digital technologies affect the lives of children and the rights that are specifically attributed to them by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), article 24 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and many national constitutions. There is no doubt that the digital environment has enormous potential for the empowerment of children and their exercise of the UNCRC rights. Yet, children (and their parents) are expected to…
Children’s reflections on privacy and the protection of their personal data: A child-centric approach to data protection information formats
The Un Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment on the Digital Environment
For too long, child rights advocates knew little about the internet while internet governance experts knew little about children’s rights. In March 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) adopted General Comment 25 (GC25) on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment. A General Comment is an authoritative document which sets out how states should implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in speci…
The EU Approach to Safeguard Children’s Rights on Video-Sharing Platforms: Jigsaw or Maze
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 features)…
Safeguarding the child’s right to privacy and data protection in the European Union and China: A tale of state duties and business responsibilities
The importance of strong legislative frameworks to guarantee children's privacy, agency and safety in the digital environment has been emphasised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its most recent general comment. Both the EU and China, who(se Member States) are Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, have adopted their own legislative frameworks for protecting children's rights to privacy and data protect…
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
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 …
Loot boxes as part of a layered platform ecosystem: A multidisciplinary perspective
By considering diverse disciplinary perspectives on the psychological impact, design and regulation of loot boxes, this paper departs from a shared need for a holistic comprehension of the platform ecosystem in which contemporary videogames are played, developed and governed. The rationale of this paper is grounded in the rapid evolution of monetisation in videogames, which has not only generated scientific interest towards digital consumption, b…
Political science (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Business (9 works) · Internet privacy (8 works) · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Legislation (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)