The guidance set strict limits on how platforms and age assurance providers can collect and use personal data to verify users’ ages, ensuring that age checks are proportionate, privacy-respecting, and transparent.
In inputs to the Zero Draft, the coalition, formed in 2023 by organisations including the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, the Association for Progressive Communications, UNFPA, UN Women, Derechos Digitales, Equality Now, IT for Change, Pollicy and Women at the Table, backs the draft’s recognition of gender but says the document still treats it as an 'add-on' rather than a cross-cutting requirement for all areas of digital policy
Effective October 2025, the New York State Unified Court System introduces its first formal framework governing AI use among judges and court staff.
The guidelines apply to any service that is used, or likely to be used, by minors. This includes social media platforms, video-sharing sites, gaming environments, and community forums. The Commission underlines that it is not enough for a service to declare it is 'for adults only' if in practice young users can access it.
The investigation seeks to determine how these platforms protect children from exposure to illegal products such as drugs and vapes, as well as from harmful materials that may promote eating disorders or other risks to their mental health.
The European Commission and OpenAI exchanged views on transparency, competition and consumer choice within the evolving AI landscape.
In its submission to the WSIS+20 Zero Draft consultations, Wikimedia Germany urged UN member states to strengthen commitments to open knowledge, multilingualism, human rights, and accountability. The organisation called for 'knowledge commons' like Wikipedia and Wikidata to be explicitly recognised as part of the digital public goods ecosystem.
The submission calls on Lebanon to invest in telecom infrastructure, remove criminal penalties for online speech, ensure any new media regulation meets international standards, and adopt stronger protections against online gender-based violence.
InternetNZ has urged UN negotiators to give Indigenous Peoples formal recognition as distinct rights-holders in the WSIS+20 outcome document. Its submission calls for alignment with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Global Digital Compact, emphasising data sovereignty, shared decision-making, and stronger representation within global digital governance structures.
he regulation requires advertisers to disclose who is behind each campaign, how much was spent, and whether targeting techniques were used, while also banning foreign-funded ads before elections and restricting the use of personal data for political profiling.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
