The Council of the EU has approved a regulation delaying some high-risk AI obligations, clarifying enforcement roles, and banning certain AI-generated sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material.
The Council of the EU has approved conclusions urging member states and the European Commission to strengthen prevention, support, enforcement, and research on online violence against girls and young women.
ICANN has opened a public comment process on draft changes to domain name dispute procedures for intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organisations.
Stakeholders can apply to organise workshops, open forums, lightning talks, Day 0 events, launches, awards, and networking sessions for IGF 2026. The deadline is 31 July 2026.
The IETF 126 meeting, hosted by Cisco, will take place from 18 to 24 July in Vienna, with more than 100 working sessions, a hackathon, a codesprint, and activities for new participants.
LACNIC is accepting fellowship applications for the LACNIC 46 LACNOG 2026 event, which will take place in Mendoza, Argentina, from 19
ETSI has created a new technical committee to develop standards for integrating connectivity, computing, edge, cloud and AI resources across distributed digital infrastructure.
The first IGF 2026 Open Consultations and MAG meeting in Nairobi set the early direction for the annual forum, including new workstreams on AI, cybersecurity, digital inclusion, and open digital infrastructure.
António Guterres has called for greater transparency on the environmental footprint of AI, warning that data centre electricity use could approach 3% of global demand by 2030.
ICANN has updated the rules for assessing community-based applications in the 2026 round of new generic top-level domains, following a public comment process.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
