A revised version of the International Telecommunication Union’s E.164 recommendation introduces updated structures for international numbering, including provisions for IoT and non-traditional communication services.
The Center for Democracy & Technology and the Cornell Global AI Initiative have urged policymakers to address structural gaps in multilingual AI systems, warning that current approaches risk reinforcing global inequalities.
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Nigeria has withdrawn a $32.8 million penalty against Meta Platforms following a confidential settlement, prompting debate over the credibility of data protection enforcement.
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.
According to Axios, US officials are drafting guidance that could allow agencies to use AI models from Anthropic despite earlier security concerns.
Regulators in China have taken action against several ByteDance-owned services for failing to clearly label synthetic content.
The government has pulled its draft AI policy after identifying unverified references that appear to have been generated by AI tools.
A letter from Germany’s Social Democrats shows internal disagreement with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s push to ease EU rules on industrial AI.
A new draft standard introduces a way for developers to identify when web pages become unresponsive due to delays in rendering animations.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
