Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2024, the convention establishes international standards for collecting and sharing electronic evidence, criminalizes cyber-dependent and online exploitation offences, and creates a 24/7 cooperation network.
ICANN and ALETI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote Universal Acceptance (UA) of domain names and email addresses throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The partnership aims to strengthen the region’s technical capacity and ensure that digital tools and online services support all languages, scripts, and domain formats, fostering a more inclusive and multilingual Internet.
It is important to emphasise that these are preliminary findings. They do not amount to a final decision. The platforms in question now have the opportunity to review the investigation’s documents and submit written replies. The formal proceedings remain open.
ICANN has opened a public consultation to determine how quickly registrars and registries should respond to urgent requests for access to nonpublic registration data, such as in cases involving imminent threats to life, serious harm, or child exploitation. The move addresses a long-standing gap in the implementation of Recommendation 18 of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) for gTLD Registration Data, which called for a specific, expedited response timeline but left it undefined during earlier policy work.
Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon have jointly called for stronger Global South participation and the permanent establishment of the Internet Governance Forum as a UN body in their submission to the WSIS+20 Zero Draft.
The report, Policy Brief on Government Interventions in AI, provides a detailed framework for assessing how state regulation, funding, and deployment of AI systems can influence privacy, freedom of expression, and equality.
Internet access in Cameroon has been severely disrupted amid protests over the country’s disputed presidential election. The blackout, confirmed by monitoring group NetBlocks, coincides with demonstrations following the Constitutional Council’s dismissal of election challenges that pave the way for President Paul Biya’s expected re-election.
CTU notes that the draft adequately covers core regional concerns, including references to rural and underserved communities, multistakeholder participation, cybersecurity, gender inclusion, and environmental sustainability.
Mexico’s submission to the WSIS+20 Zero Draft reaffirms a people-centred, rights-based approach to the information society and supports multistakeholder cooperation. It proposes making the Internet Governance Forum a permanent UN forum with stronger participation from developing countries and regular reporting to relevant UN bodies, and calls for coordinated action to prevent internet fragmentation.
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has released a preliminary assessment of the draft RIR Governance Document, outlining the next steps in how Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are recognised, monitored, and—if necessary—derecognised. The document is an important step toward formalising global Internet resource governance and has implications for accountability, transparency, and civil society engagement in Internet policy.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
