Over 120 civil society organisations, academics, trade unions, and companies have signed an open letter urging the European Commission not to reopen or amend the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The signatories warn that revising the landmark privacy law could weaken fundamental rights protections, erode accountability standards, and expose the EU’s digital rulebook to deregulatory pressures.
ENISA has released a handbook on cyber stress testing to support national and sectoral authorities in assessing the cybersecurity and resilience of critical infrastructure under the NIS2 Directive.
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a set of Privacy Principles to explain what privacy means on the web and to guide how web technologies should be designed to respect people’s rights.
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The new legislation permits government monitoring of international IP traffic without accessing message content, aiming to prevent major disruptions from cyber threats.
The EU is drafting new guidelines and an age-verification app to enhance online safety and privacy for children.
As negotiations advance among UN General Assembly members in New York, a revised draft resolution (rev1) has been issued outlining updated proposals for the terms of reference and modalities for the Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance. According to the revised draft, published on 15 May 2025, the Panel will comprise 40 members, to be appointed by an Independent Appointment Committee for a 3-year term. The Committee itself would consist of 10 members to be nominated by member states and elected by the Plenary on AI, and 10 members to be appointed by the Secretary-General. The (See more)
Providers of services in scope of the Act are required to assess the risk of people in the UK encountering illegal content on their service, and take appropriate steps to protect them from it.
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The group should address critical challenges in next-generation network development by fostering collaboration across telecom operators, cloud providers, and AI developers through a neutral, vendor-agnostic environment.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
