The W3C Technical Architecture Group publishes draft Group Note on web user agents

By |2025-12-22T13:50:21+00:00December40 1, 2025|

The W3C Technical Architecture Group has released a draft Group Note titled Web User Agents, setting out principles for how browsers and similar software should prioritise and serve users. The document aims to clarify duties and expectations for user agent behaviour in the evolving web ecosystem.

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Digital Networks Act faces coordinated pushback from six EU states

By |2025-12-01T12:37:56+00:00December55 1, 2025|

Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia have renewed their opposition to core elements of the upcoming Digital Networks Act, challenging the European Commission’s approach as businesses, consumer groups and the EU’s own Regulatory Scrutiny Board also raise concerns.

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APC and Derechos Digitales warn that AI governance must protect cultural rights and diversity

By |2025-12-01T11:38:02+00:00December01 1, 2025|

A joint submission by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Derechos Digitales urges UN human rights experts to ensure that artificial intelligence policies uphold cultural rights, safeguard marginalised communities and prevent the reinforcement of historical inequalities.

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noyb publishes first analysis of the EU’s Digital Omnibus proposals

By |2025-12-02T10:36:54+00:00December16 1, 2025|

noyb has released a detailed critique of the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus package, warning that several proposed amendments to the GDPR and ePrivacy rules could weaken established safeguards, broaden exemptions, and introduce ambiguity into core data-protection concepts.

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ICANN Nominating Committee invites community input for the 2026 leadership selection cycle

By |2025-12-02T10:26:42+00:00December29 1, 2025|

ICANN’s Nominating Committee has opened a call for community feedback to help shape its 2026 selection process, which will appoint leaders across the ICANN Board and key advisory and supporting bodies.

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ICANN launches RFP to select providers for new asset management and custodial services

By |2025-12-02T10:24:26+00:00December18 1, 2025|

ICANN has opened a request for proposal to identify firms capable of managing and safeguarding its investment portfolios under a newly consolidated Investment Policy approved in November 2025.

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The Global Network Initiative condemns nationwide internet shutdown in Tanzania during 2025 elections

By |2025-12-16T10:00:55+00:00December23 1, 2025|

The Global Network Initiative has raised alarm over Tanzania’s election-period internet blackout, urging authorities to restore full connectivity and warning of the far-reaching human rights and economic consequences of network disruptions.

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Swiss Federal Council adopts report outlining national approach to digital sovereignty

By |2025-12-01T09:54:43+00:00December42 1, 2025|

Switzerland has published a comprehensive assessment of its digital sovereignty, defining the state’s capacity to act in the digital space and identifying measures to strengthen resilience, oversight and coordination across federal authorities.

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Hungary’s AI implementation law enters into force

By |2025-12-01T09:50:14+00:00December13 1, 2025|

Most provisions of Hungary’s Act LXXV of 2025, which sets out national procedures for enforcing the EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation, took effect on 1 December 2025. The law establishes domestic oversight structures, market-surveillance processes and sanctions mechanisms for AI systems used or placed on the Hungarian market.

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ECNL urges UK to close regulatory gaps on AI in submission to parliamentary human rights inquiry

By |2025-12-25T09:41:45+00:00December38 1, 2025|

In a submission to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights, the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law calls for a comprehensive and rights-based regulatory framework for artificial intelligence. The organisation warns that existing approaches fall short of protecting individuals and communities as AI adoption accelerates across the public sector.

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