Australia has introduced new age assurance requirements covering AI chatbots, app stores, gaming platforms and pornography sites as part of broader efforts to protect minors online.
A parliamentary committee in New Zealand has recommended introducing age assurance for social media platforms and new rules addressing deepfake pornography, online advertising, and algorithmic systems.
The US administration has released a new national cyber strategy setting out priorities for defending critical infrastructure, strengthening cyber capabilities, and shaping global technology competition.
Indonesia has introduced a new regulation requiring digital platforms to prevent children under the age of 16 from creating accounts on services classified as high risk.
The World Wide Web Consortium has released the first public working draft of YAML-LD 1.0, a proposed format that aims to make linked data easier to write and read using the YAML language.
A new ITU recommendation sets technical specifications for terrestrial free-space optical systems designed to support short-range mobile backhaul infrastructure.
Singapore authorities issued orders to Meta to disable access to social media posts containing a video considered insulting to Islam.
European Union governments are discussing how stronger safeguards for minors could be integrated into the planned Digital Fairness Act, a new initiative aimed at improving consumer protection on digital platforms.
A new expert panel established by the European Commission will examine risks and protections related to children’s use of social media and advise on possible EU-wide age limits.
Civil liberties organisations have asked the US Supreme Court to rule that geofence warrants violate constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), together with the A
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
