UNDP and GSMA will work to improve access to AI infrastructure, connect African innovators with deployment opportunities, and support solutions built around African languages and local needs.
Malaysia is consulting on a draft framework that would apply existing personal data protection requirements across the AI lifecycle, including training, deployment, monitoring and retirement.
A new Dutch strategy brings together age limits, platform safety assessments, school phone restrictions and support for families as part of a broader approach to children’s rights online.
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a new Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of SVG 2, updating the standard for scalable vector graphics and moving it closer to a final Recommendation.
A new report from the Coalition on Digital Impact finds that Internet access does not always lead to meaningful participation online, with thousands of languages still poorly supported by digital services and content.
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for a European digital space using the proposed .IA domain and measures to support what its organisers describe as European digital sovereignty in AI.
The European Commission has proposed changes to the EU standardisation system aimed at speeding up the development of standards, increasing participation by smaller organisations, and strengthening the EU’s role in international standard-setting.
ICANN has published a report describing a transparent method for identifying domain names that may be technically associated with domains involved in DNS Abuse, using publicly available data.
ICANN has published new Second-Level Reference Label Generation Rules for the Javanese and Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics scripts and updated seven existing sets of rules.
A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations has called for an independent investigation into reported disruptions to TikTok access in parts of northern Nigeria, while urging greater transparency from authorities, telecom operators, and TikTok.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
