The UK Alliance Tackling Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse says age restrictions may reduce some risks, but stronger platform duties and safer-by-design services are still needed.
The W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft for a mechanism intended to help issuers protect older verifiable credentials against future forgery risks linked to quantum-capable attacks.
ARTICLE 19, the Centre for Independent Journalism and Sinar Project have called for further parliamentary scrutiny of Malaysia’s Cybercrimes Bill 2026. Their joint analysis argues that the proposed law grants broad investigative and surveillance powers without sufficient judicial oversight, privacy protections or safeguards for journalists and online expression.
The Council of the EU has approved a regulation delaying some high-risk AI obligations, clarifying enforcement roles, and banning certain AI-generated sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material.
The European Commission has launched a €1.48 million pilot call to support new European social media services designed around safety, privacy, mental health and accessibility for young users.
The Council of the EU has approved conclusions urging member states and the European Commission to strengthen prevention, support, enforcement, and research on online violence against girls and young women.
ICANN has opened a public comment process on draft changes to domain name dispute procedures for intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organisations.
Singapore’s Online Safety Commission has begun operations, giving victims of serious online harms a dedicated channel to seek faster support and content-related relief.
Stakeholders can apply to organise workshops, open forums, lightning talks, Day 0 events, launches, awards, and networking sessions for IGF 2026. The deadline is 31 July 2026.
Malaysia has launched the Malaysia Digital Action Plan 2030, setting targets for digital economy growth, online public services, digital jobs and AI-led transformation.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
