🇪🇺 European Commission: Targeted public consultation on the protection of minors guidelines under the Digital Services Act
June 2025: Responded and commented as to the non-enforcement of EU consumer law, poor implementation of the Digital Services Act, the impracticalities of implementing effective age verification, and the possible sneaking in of a ban on loot boxes by under-18s: Link (search for “Academic/research institution” and “No comment as unconvinced a five-level Likert scale is appropriate in this context.”).
🇪🇺 European Commission: Fitness Check of consumer law on digital fairness
October 2024: Cited in the European Commission Staff Working Document ‘Fitness Check of consumer law on digital fairness’ (p 159, fn 247): Link.
February 2023: Invited to support a study, and share my views, on EU consumer law commissioned by the European Commission.
🇪🇺 Council of Europe: International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addiction (Pompidou Group)
May 2024: Cited by the Expert Group on Online Addictions in its report ‘Risks and Harms associated with Online Gaming and Gambling’ (pp 23 & 28): Link.
🇪🇺 EU: Loot Box Regulation
February 2023: Invited to discuss research findings and policy recommendations with a Member of the European Parliament.