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The Center for Democracy & Technology calls for stronger system-level guidance in NIST’s AI documentation standards

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The Center for Democracy & Technology calls for stronger system-level guidance in NIST’s AI documentation standards

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-22T09:16:30+00:00October43 20, 2025|

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has submitted detailed feedback on the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Proposed Zero Draft for a Standard on Documentation of AI Datasets and Models. While welcoming the effort to enhance transparency and accountability in AI, CDT urged NIST to include clearer guidance on system-level documentation, implementation practices, and data governance.

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Meta to suspend political and social issue ads in EU Ahead of New Transparency Rules

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Meta to suspend political and social issue ads in EU Ahead of New Transparency Rules

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-20T16:51:25+00:00October00 18, 2025|

The EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation, which demands full disclosure of sponsors, ad spend and targeting, prompts Meta to halt political ad sales.

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Civil society groups question independence of Ireland’s data protection commission

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Civil society groups question independence of Ireland’s data protection commission

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-22T08:42:35+00:00October29 17, 2025|

Over 40 civil society organisations have called on the European Commission to investigate whether Ireland’s privacy regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), remains truly independent following the appointment of a former Meta lobbyist as one of its commissioners.

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WSIS+20: Second Preparatory Meeting held at UN Headquarters

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WSIS+20: Second Preparatory Meeting held at UN Headquarters

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-23T08:39:19+00:00October30 17, 2025|

Member States and observers met on 15 October 2025 (10:00–13:00) in the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York for the Second Preparatory Meeting of the WSIS+20 General Assembly overall review. Convened by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), the [...]

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Renew Europe calls for EU crackdown on addictive design to protect young people online

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Renew Europe calls for EU crackdown on addictive design to protect young people online

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-20T16:44:40+00:00October00 17, 2025|

MEPs from Renew Europe want the Commission to curb ‘addictive design’, mandate child-safe defaults and age verification mechanisms as evidence links heavy social media use to poor adolescent mental health.

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ICANN invites public feedback on string similarity data ahead of next gTLD round

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ICANN invites public feedback on string similarity data ahead of next gTLD round

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-17T06:39:23+00:00October22 17, 2025|

Stakeholders are invited to review the proposed code points and degrees of similarity or suggest additions. Feedback is open until 4 December 2025, after which ICANN will finalize the data for use in the next gTLD evaluation process.

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ISO updates global privacy standard ISO 27701: Stronger guidance, more flexibility

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ISO updates global privacy standard ISO 27701: Stronger guidance, more flexibility

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-23T08:02:13+00:00October17 16, 2025|

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a major update to its global privacy compliance standard, ISO 27701, for the first time since 2019. The revision makes the privacy framework a standalone certification system, providing organisations with clearer guidance on managing personal data, while expanding options for integration with other ISO standards.

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Microsoft warns of AI-powered cybercrime surge and calls for stronger global defenses

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Microsoft warns of AI-powered cybercrime surge and calls for stronger global defenses

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-17T07:15:16+00:00October38 16, 2025|

In 2024, Microsoft found that in eight out of ten cybersecurity incidents it investigated, attackers attempted to access personal or sensitive data by using stolen login credentials. More than half of these breaches were motivated by profit rather than espionage, although state-sponsored groups continued to represent the most significant overall threat.

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New guide empowers migrants to understand and exercise their data rights in UK

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New guide empowers migrants to understand and exercise their data rights in UK

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-29T11:27:58+00:00October02 15, 2025|

The guide is part of ORG’s Digital Rights Toolkit, designed to make data protection more accessible for communities often excluded from the digital system. It walks readers through the process of submitting Subject Access Requests (SARs) - formal inquiries that allow individuals to ask any organisation, including government bodies, what personal data it holds about them, how it is being used, and with whom it is shared.

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ICANN opens public consultation on meeting dates for 2029–2033

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ICANN opens public consultation on meeting dates for 2029–2033

By Boris Begovic|2025-10-15T08:10:04+00:00October04 15, 2025|

After the Public Comment period closes, ICANN will review comments and re-evaluate the dates and, if needed, make changes. The final step is for ICANN to publish the official ICANN Public Meeting dates for 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033.

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