Sexual images depicting children : the EU legal framework and online platforms’ policies

Sexual(ised) images of children may often be posted or shared on social network sites or content sharing platforms. While such material may be the result of abuse or coercion, evidence shows that it may often be linked to contemporary forms of sexual exploration or intimate communication among underage peers. The aim of this paper is to explore the boundaries of the EU legal and policy framework regulating online platforms' liability for hosting or not removing such imagery. Discussing popular online platforms' policies against their imposed responsibility to contribute to the fight against illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM) revealed a tendency of online intermediaries to restrict more than legally required from them. However justifiable the adoption of this 'better safe than sorry' approach might be, it sparks additional controversy in relation to children's agency. Navigating between the protection and freedom of children, when the issue at stake associates with elements such as gender, morality, and culture, inherently perplexes the performed balancing and cannot guarantee easy public policy or private industry solutions. However, in the absence of clear and sufficient policy guidelines,online platforms have no other choice but to shape their policies based on popular cultural norms, their business plan, and their understanding of how sensitive content should be dealt with

Consulting report - Tannder

El estudio académico, en forma de informe de consultoría, analiza y explora nuevas oportunidades de desarrollo para Tannder, una plataforma centrada en la educación que ofrece una gama de servicios destinados a respaldar a educadores y estudiantes. El trabajo gira en torno a la mejora estratégica de la visibilidad de Tannder School, impulsada principalmente por la necesidad de internacionalización en el sector de la tecnología educativa. Para abordar este desafío, se adoptó un enfoque integral que incluyó una revisión de la literatura secundaria y análisis primarios. El marco de investigación abarcó un examen de diferentes tipos de análisis, tanto cuantitativos como cualitativos, incluyendo entrevistas que se llevaron a cabo con expertos seleccionados de profesionales en los ámbitos de la educación y el marketing digital. Todos los hallazgos de este esfuerzo de investigación multifacético fueron rigurosamente evaluados en un análisis de causa raíz. Posteriormente, se propuso un conjunto de seis soluciones estratégicas que fueron evaluadas minuciosamente en colaboración con el CEO de Tannder School, lo que llevó a la definición de una solución final junto con un plan de implementación preciso, un marco presupuestario y KPI seleccionados que supervisarán y demostrarán la efectividad de la estrategia. La solución final consta de una estrategia de marketing integral que integra iniciativas que incluyen la optimización del rendimiento del sitio web, el impulso de la visibilidad en línea, el aumento del compromiso en línea y la actualización y optimización del contenido.The academic study, in the form of a consulting report, analyses and explores new opportunities of development for Tannder, an education-focused platform, which offers a range of services aimed at supporting educators and learners. The work revolves around the strategic enhancement of Tannder School's visibility, primarily driven by the imperative of internationalization in the educational technology sector. To address this challenge, a comprehensive approach was undertaken, involving secondary literature review and primary analyses. The research framework encompassed an examination of different type of analysis, both quantitative and qualitative, including interviews which were conducted with selected experts from professionals within the educational and digital marketing domains. All the findings from this multifaceted research endeavour were rigorously weighed against a root cause analysis. Subsequently, a set of six strategic solutions was proposed and meticulously assessed in collaboration with Tannder School's CEO, leading to the definition of a final solution along with an accurate implementation plan, budgetary framework and selected KPIs that will monitor and prove effectiveness of the strategy. The final solution consists of a comprehensive marketing strategy, integrating initiatives encompassing website performance optimization, online visibility boost, online engagement enhancement, and content update and optimization

A qualitative analysis of the impact of cultural inertia on studynet/canvas use in teaching and learning at a post-92 university

IJAR, 2021,. All rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Since this line of inquiry is underrepresented in the literature on technology adoption, this study investigates the effect of inertia on technology usage and acceptance in Higher Education institutions. Inertia is described in this study as students' and academics' unwillingness to accept new technology as a teaching and learning resource. The paper considers the benefits and drawbacks of using technology, especially studynet/canvas and its effect on teaching and learning, as well as why some people embrace technology more slowly than others. The researcher used open-ended questions to assess the views of UH academics and students on a variety of topics, including self-efficacy, for example, self-confidence and self-belief in one's ability to master new technology; compatibility; instructor effectiveness; and facilitating conditions; and then analysed their overall influence on teaching and learning, especially in relation to technology use, adoption and acceptance in HEIs. The researcher discovered that users have a high level of self-efficacy, and compatibility has also been suggested to play a significant role in user adoption of the platform. Our findings indicate that inertia, such as self-efficacy, compatibility, instructor effectiveness, and facilitating conditions, influence studynet/canvas use. Based on researcher’s results, it is certain that capacity building, connectivity, technology update, and adaptation are the most important aspects of inertia affecting academics and students' use of studynet/canvas. This paper adds to organisational theories by elucidating the main factors influencing the slow adoption and use of new technology, such as studynet/canvas and its impact on staff and students’ success. It offers guidance to HEI management and technologists on the main factors preventing increased use of the studynet/canvas platform as a teaching and learning resource. The study also considers the long-term effects of these factors on universities, especially those founded after 1992.Peer reviewe

The Impact of Covid-19 on the Alibaba Platform

Purpose – this paper aims to analyse the business efficiency of the Alibaba platform at the beginning and during the COVID-19 crisis. Methodology/Design - The research is based on the official financial reports of the platform as well as on the reports of other specialized agencies that monitor the platform industry. The study focuses on an analysis of the financial indicators of the business. It compares the financial indicators with an analysis of the data on the trend of the user community on the platform. The results - the study\u27s findings did not find a major impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall business results of the Alibaba platform. The survey results confirmed changes in operating profit and net profit trends as a result of changes in the structure of operating revenues. Conclusion - Total revenues are growing at a slower pace as a result of the changes in business policy and changes in revenue structures than as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. &nbs

The influencing factors of user loyalty on e-commerce shopping guide platform -- Case “Shenmezhidemai”

In recent years, the development of the online retail market has become more and more diversified. There are a large number of advertisements and products gathered on major e-commerce platforms. Consumers cannot efficiently select the products they want in the huge product pool, and it is also difficult for merchants to select high-quality products. The products are precisely oriented to consumers, so the e-commerce shopping guide industry has begun to spread, develop and become popular. To help consumers select high-quality goods more quickly, the e-commerce shopping guide platforms collect and integrate information and discounts for users, and provide users with decision-making suggestions. However, there is a phenomenon that users who are dissatisfied after purchasing a product because of product price reduction, quality problems or logistics problems become angry with the e-commerce shopping guide platform. As a result, users even quit and uninstall the e-commerce shopping guide platform completely. In fact, the result should be the responsibility of the merchant who sells the product. This thesis takes the e-commerce shopping guide platform “Shenmezhidemai” as the re-search object, and uses grounded theory, case study and in-depth interview to carry out this research. First of all, this thesis sorts out the relevant research on e-commerce shopping guide platform and user loyalty, and conducts an overview of the environment, development history and status quo, classification, characteristics and profit model of e-commerce shop-ping guide platform. Secondly, based on grounded theory and in-depth interview method, 20 people participated in the interview, and the interview records of about 20,000 words were obtained. Through open coding, axial coding, selective coding and other processes, the key influencing factors of e-commerce shopping guide platform user loyalty are analyzed and the theoretical model is constructed. Through the eight categories of user-related factors, information utility, system utility, platform reputation, recommending function, interactive function, price comparison function and cross-border shopping function, the model of influencing factors of e-commerce shopping guide platform user loyalty is carefully analyzed. Finally, aiming at the above eight categories, corresponding suggestions are put forward for e-commerce shopping guide platforms to cultivate and increase user loyalty. The thesis hopes to provide some implications and recommendations for the development of e-commerce shopping guide platforms