Freedom Online Coalition says RightsCon cancellation weakens digital rights civic space
The Freedom Online Coalition has criticised the cancellation of RightsCon 2026 in Zambia, warning of the impact on global and regional digital rights networks.
Nigeria drops Meta privacy fine after settlement
Nigeria has withdrawn a $32.8 million penalty against Meta Platforms following a confidential settlement, prompting debate over the credibility of data protection enforcement.
New European standard aims to support trusted cross-border data sharing
CEN and CENELEC have published a new standard defining terminology and mechanisms for trusted data transactions across European data-sharing systems.
Civil society urges EU AI Office to establish Advisory Forum under AI Act
A coalition of organisations and researchers is calling on the EU AI Office to clarify timelines and set up a key advisory body intended to include civil society in AI Act implementation.
Report says White House considers guidance to bypass Anthropic risk designation
According to Axios, US officials are drafting guidance that could allow agencies to use AI models from Anthropic despite earlier security concerns.
China warns ByteDance platforms over unlabeled AI-generated content
Regulators in China have taken action against several ByteDance-owned services for failing to clearly label synthetic content.
South Africa withdraws AI policy
The government has pulled its draft AI policy after identifying unverified references that appear to have been generated by AI tools.
German coalition split emerges over proposed changes to EU AI rules
A letter from Germany’s Social Democrats shows internal disagreement with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s push to ease EU rules on industrial AI.
W3C proposes API to detect slow rendering in web animations
A new draft standard introduces a way for developers to identify when web pages become unresponsive due to delays in rendering animations.
W3C publishes draft CBOR-LD 1.0 standard for more efficient data exchange
A new draft standard aims to reduce the size of structured data on the web, making it easier to transmit and store in constrained environments.
