Greece has submitted legislation that would prohibit children under 15 from accessing social media platforms from 1 January 2027. The bill proposes privacy-preserving age checks and enforcement through existing regulatory mechanisms under the EU’s Digital Services Act framework.
Türkiye’s new social media regulation, effective from 1 November 2026, draws a clear distinction between children under 15, who will be barred from using social networks, and teenagers aged 15–17, who will retain access under stricter safeguards. Platforms face new obligations to verify ages, remove accounts held by younger children and redesign aspects of their services for teenage users.
The Philippine Senate has approved the SMART KIDS Act on final reading, proposing to restrict minors from holding accounts on digital services classified as high-risk. The bill would introduce age-checking requirements and penalties for non-compliant platforms, but it must still be reconciled with a different version passed by the House of Representatives.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that AI could deepen systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent. His remarks highlight concerns that biassed systems can reproduce discrimination in areas such as policing, healthcare and education.
ISO/IEC 27090 sets out a framework for identifying and addressing security threats specific to AI systems, including data poisoning and model theft. The standard is intended to complement existing information security practices and cover risks throughout the AI lifecycle.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published five draft documents examining security and privacy risks in technologies used to issue, protect, display and manage verifiable credentials. The drafts aim to help developers identify potential weaknesses and improve the security of digital credentials.
LACNIC has enabled members with an Autonomous System Number (ASN) to create and publish ASPA objects through its MiLACNIC platform. The new capability complements existing route origin validation by allowing network operators to check whether routing paths align with declared transit-provider relationships.
The US Department of Justice and FBI have seized seven domain names allegedly used to operate two cyber tools linked to China-based Integrity Technology Group. The operation targeted infrastructure supporting vulnerability scanning and spear-phishing, amid allegations of attacks against critical infrastructure and other networks in the United States, Asia and Europe.
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for human rights assessments, meaningful human oversight and access to remedies in AI-related decisions. It also urges greater international cooperation to address the AI divide and strengthen developing countries’ capacity.
The American Registry for Internet Numbers fulfilled 483 requests from its IPv4 Waiting List on 7 October, using address blocks cleared for distribution. The next distribution is expected late in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
