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.
The European Commission has launched a €1.48 million pilot call to support new European social media services designed around safety, privacy, mental health and accessibility for young users.
ICANN has opened a public comment process on draft changes to domain name dispute procedures for intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organisations.
Singapore’s Online Safety Commission has begun operations, giving victims of serious online harms a dedicated channel to seek faster support and content-related relief.
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.
Malaysia has launched the Malaysia Digital Action Plan 2030, setting targets for digital economy growth, online public services, digital jobs and AI-led transformation.
The W3C Pointer Events Working Group has published Pointer Events Level 3 as a Recommendation, adding features for more precise and responsive input from mice, pens, touchscreens and other pointing devices.
The W3C Security Interest Group has published a draft process for reporting and handling suspected security vulnerabilities in W3C standards and specifications.
The association of European country-code domain registries has called for public and automated access to EU Inc company records to support domain registration checks and online safety.
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.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
