South Africa has created an independent expert panel to revise its national AI policy after an earlier draft was withdrawn over fabricated and potentially AI-generated references.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has issued new guidance explaining when web forms used in domain registration data systems comply with rules requiring communication with domain name holders.
Youth participants at EuroDIG 2026 called for stronger protections around AI, surveillance, children’s rights, and digital inclusion while urging policymakers to involve young people more directly in shaping internet governance and digital policy. Discussions focused on AI harms, disinformation, accessibility, labour rights, and the social impacts of digital technologies.
Spain’s government has approved a draft law adapting the EU AI Act into national legislation and defining which authorities will supervise AI systems across different sectors.
The World Wide Web Consortium has published an updated Candidate Recommendation for Web Authentication Level 3, the standard that supports public key-based sign-ins used in passkeys and other passwordless authentication systems.
The World Wide Web Consortium has proposed advancing Pointer Events Level 3 to Recommendation status, bringing new capabilities for stylus input, low-latency interactions, and more precise handling of pointer data across web applications.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the first draft of a new Group Note, Threat Model for the Web, to provide a common security framework for evaluating new and updated web technologies. The document is intended to support security reviews of web specifications and clarify the assumptions that underpin the web’s security architecture.
Vietnam will require organisations and individuals to disclose certain AI-generated or AI-edited audio, image, and video content under a new decree taking effect in May 2026.
The European Commission celebrated the 20th anniversary of the .eu top-level domain during the 2026 EuroDIG meeting in Brussels.
EU member states, the European Commission, and ENISA have agreed on standardised cyber incident reporting templates under the NIS2 framework, aiming to reduce compliance complexity for companies operating across the EU.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
