RIPE Fellowship opens applications for 2027 meetings
The RIPE Fellowship has opened applications for its 2027 meetings in Vilnius and Madrid, offering participants support to join the RIPE community and take part in its meetings.
ICANN publishes 2026 report on IDNs and Universal Acceptance
ICANN’s latest report records the expansion of Internationalized Domain Names while highlighting continued work to make domain names and email addresses work across languages and scripts.
W3C updates authorised French translations of WCAG 2.2 and 2.1
The updated translations make W3C’s technical accessibility guidelines available in French, supporting their adoption and implementation across French-speaking communities.
Civil society groups call for safeguards in commercial cyber intrusion guidelines
More than 25 civil society organisations and independent experts have urged the Pall Mall Process to include stronger human rights, oversight and accountability safeguards in its forthcoming guidelines for commercial cyber intrusion capabilities.
UNODC chief urges countries to ratify UN Cybercrime Convention
UNODC Executive Director Monica Juma has called on countries to ratify the UN Cybercrime Convention as digital technologies expand the scale and reach of criminal activity.
ITU publishes toolkit to guide NGSO satellite licensing
The ITU Development Sector has published a toolkit to help regulators establish licensing frameworks for non-geostationary satellite systems, covering spectrum, market access, terminals and satellite services. The growing use of low-Earth orbit satellite constellations is creating new regulatory questions for national authorities. The ITU Development Sector has published a new toolkit to help policymakers address [...]
UN/CEFACT publishes new white paper on export control and compliance
A new UN/CEFACT white paper examines how digital systems could simplify export control and compliance processes while improving coordination between regulators, customs authorities and businesses.
W3C publishes first public draft of SHACL 1.2 Inference Rules
The draft defines a framework for using SHACL rules to derive new RDF triples from existing data, extending the language beyond data validation.
Paradigm Initiative welcomes Senegal ruling limiting media regulator powers
Paradigm Initiative has welcomed a decision by Senegal’s Constitutional Council striking down several powers granted to the country’s new media regulator, while calling for safeguards to be maintained in its implementation.
EU plans new AI safeguards and child online rules
Ursula von der Leyen has announced new initiatives on frontier AI and children’s online safety, alongside measures to strengthen Europe’s technological capacity and cybersecurity.
