ICANN seeks community input on IPv6 name collision study
The consultation opened on 20 October 2025 and will remain open until 22 December 2025.
African Telecommunications Union urges WSIS+20 to reinforce ITU leadership, boost Global South participation, and safeguard WSIS architecture
The African Telecommunications Union has called for the WSIS+20 outcome to reaffirm the ITU’s leadership of the WSIS process, maintain the existing WSIS architecture, and secure sustainable funding for the WSIS Forum and participation of developing countries. Its contribution stresses that future UN digital-policy initiatives should build on, rather than replace, the WSIS framework, and highlights priorities including inclusive participation, open and interoperable digital public infrastructure, and measurable targets for energy efficiency and e-waste management.
Brazil’s proposals for the WSIS+20 Zero Draft emphasise equity, multistakeholder participation, and human-rights-based digital governance
The proposals strongly reaffirm the WSIS principles and the Tunis and Geneva outcomes, particularly the importance of multistakeholder engagement in global digital policy processes.
The European Data Protection Board issues opinions on extending UK data adequacy decisions until 2031
The European Data Protection Board has adopted two opinions on the European Commission’s proposal to extend the validity of the UK’s data adequacy decisions under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive until December 2031, allowing data flows between the EU and UK to continue without additional safeguards.
The Center for Democracy & Technology calls for stronger system-level guidance in NIST’s AI documentation standards
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has submitted detailed feedback on the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Proposed Zero Draft for a Standard on Documentation of AI Datasets and Models. While welcoming the effort to enhance transparency and accountability in AI, CDT urged NIST to include clearer guidance on system-level documentation, implementation practices, and data governance.
Meta to suspend political and social issue ads in EU Ahead of New Transparency Rules
The EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation, which demands full disclosure of sponsors, ad spend and targeting, prompts Meta to halt political ad sales.
Civil society groups question independence of Ireland’s data protection commission
Over 40 civil society organisations have called on the European Commission to investigate whether Ireland’s privacy regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), remains truly independent following the appointment of a former Meta lobbyist as one of its commissioners.
WSIS+20: Second Preparatory Meeting held at UN Headquarters
Member States and observers met on 15 October 2025 (10:00–13:00) in the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York for the Second Preparatory Meeting of the WSIS+20 General Assembly overall review. Convened by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), the [...]
Renew Europe calls for EU crackdown on addictive design to protect young people online
MEPs from Renew Europe want the Commission to curb ‘addictive design’, mandate child-safe defaults and age verification mechanisms as evidence links heavy social media use to poor adolescent mental health.
ICANN invites public feedback on string similarity data ahead of next gTLD round
Stakeholders are invited to review the proposed code points and degrees of similarity or suggest additions. Feedback is open until 4 December 2025, after which ICANN will finalize the data for use in the next gTLD evaluation process.
