The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published a comprehensive whitepaper on bias in artificial intelligence, warning that unchecked bias can compromise not only fairness but also cybersecurity in AI systems. The paper outlines concrete steps developers and organizations must take to detect, prevent, and mitigate bias throughout the AI lifecycle.
Social media platform X has introduced age verification measures in Ireland to comply with the country’s Online Safety Code, but full compliance remains under review.
Access Now has submitted detailed input to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, urging negotiators to ground the Zero Draft firmly in international human rights law, renew and strengthen the IGF mandate, and reinforce the multistakeholder model at the centre of global digital governance. The organisation highlights WSIS’s core achievements, identifies persistent human rights risks and structural inequalities, and calls for stronger safeguards on surveillance, shutdowns, platform power, and digital inclusion.
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.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
