China released its Action Plan for Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence on 26 July 2025, just two days after the United States published its own AI action plan. The Chinese plan outlines a multilateral framework to guide the development, deployment, and governance of AI technologies.
As AI advances rapidly, ITU's top official calls for coordinated global regulation to prevent fragmentation, deepen cooperation, and ensure benefits reach all of humanity.
Instagram users under 18 will now get safety notices, with easier ways to block or report accounts after Meta’s latest teen protection update.
Over 70 million people face potential exposure of their AI chats due to a copyright case.
The UK government will introduce a ban on public sector organisations paying ransoms to cybercriminals, aiming to reduce the appeal of ransomware attacks against critical public services.
In response to the EU’s new regulation on political advertising transparency, Meta will stop running all political, electoral, and social issue ads in EU countries starting October 2025.
The United Nations Group on the Information Society has submitted a detailed response to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, calling for explicit recognition of its coordinating role, closer alignment between WSIS and the Global Digital Compact, stronger multistakeholder participation and human-rights integration, and renewed investment in monitoring, financing and digital public infrastructure.
Prolonged AI use may hinder children’s ability to reconnect with family and friends, warns a licensed counsellor.
The report warns that current laws, including the updated Product Liability Directive, fail to provide clear accountability or adequate compensation for AI-related harm.
The European Commission has released an explanatory notice and template detailing how providers of general-purpose AI models must disclose training data content, as required under Article 53(1)(d) of the EU AI Act.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
