The coalitions call for governments to retain explicit language referencing international human rights treaties and principles, including Article 19 on freedom of expression and gender equality commitments, in the WSIS+20 document.
In an open letter to Ministers Mélanie Joly and Evan Solomon, more than 100 organisations and experts call for a longer consultation period, a more representative task force, and a rewritten survey free of leading language. They argue that Canada’s AI strategy demands careful engagement on issues ranging from labour exploitation and algorithmic discrimination to privacy risks and environmental impacts.
The study, Driving Digital Transformation of the Economy in Uganda, highlights the central role of mobile connectivity in Uganda’s digital economy.
The list issued on 31 October 2025 identifies 48 platforms that fall under the obligation.
The law will build on existing EU initiatives, including the Quantum Europe Strategy, the Chips Act, and the EuroHPC high-performance computing programme. It is also linked to the EU’s work on secure quantum communication infrastructure through projects like EuroQCI.
An Advocate General of the CJEU has issued an opinion stating that national competition authorities may lawfully access employee emails without a court order, provided strong legal safeguards and proportionality checks are in place. The case, triggered by a challenge from Portuguese medical companies, raises important questions about the balance between privacy rights and competition-law enforcement across the EU.
CANN has announced the host cities for three upcoming public meetings, confirming events in Seville in June 2026, Muscat in October 2026, and Vancouver in June 2027.
France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are founding members of the new consortium.
The joint statement is endorsed by a wide range of organisations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, the European Environmental Bureau, the Clean Clothes Campaign, Friends of the Earth Europe, WWF’s European office, numerous trade-union federations, responsible-investment groups, and development NGOs from inside and outside the EU.
The new network is designed to support existing ASEAN bodies, notably the ASEAN Digital Senior Officials’ Meeting and the Working Group on AI Governance, by consolidating expertise, guiding policy development, promoting best practices and enabling collaboration with academia, civil society, industry and external partners.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
