World gathers in Norway to shape digital future
Digital leaders from around the world gathered in Norway to confront the urgent question of how to ensure technology serves humanity in an increasingly divided and accelerated digital age.
Global South pushes for digital inclusion
As global leaders gather to confront the rising tide of digital inequality, a new urgency emerges: ensuring the world’s most vulnerable communities aren’t left behind in the AI revolution.
WhatsApp ad rollout in EU slower than global pace amid privacy scrutiny
NOYB accuses Meta of bypassing EU user consent rules.
Civil society pushes for digital rights and justice in WSIS+20 review at IGF 2025
As global civil society leaders converge to reshape the digital rights landscape, their bold proposals signal a pivotal moment in the future of internet governance.
Global Partners Digital analyses how stakeholders envision the IGF’s role beyond WSIS+20
A new comparative analysis from Global Partners Digital maps how governments, civil society, the technical community and multistakeholder bodies view the future of the Internet Governance Forum. The document highlights broad support for making the IGF permanent, while exposing disagreements on structural reforms, funding models and the Forum’s role within the UN system.
The 20th IGF 2025 kicks of in Norway
With five days of sessions, workshops, and community exchanges ahead, IGF 2025 promises to be a pivotal moment for assessing progress and charting a collaborative path for the next era of digital governance.
France’s data watchdog issues AI guidance on legal basis and web scraping
The guidance focuses on two areas critical to AI model development: the legal basis for processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the collection of data through web scraping.
ICANN seeks expert panels for New gTLD evaluations ahead of 2026 round
Official responses to this RFI should be electronically submitted using ICANN's sourcing tool by 23:59 UTC on 11 August 2025. Access to this tool may be requested via the same email address.
EU Council calls for stronger action on gender equality in the digital age
The EU Council has urged member states to strengthen gender equality in the digital age, focusing on the risks posed by artificial intelligence and online violence. The conclusions call for action against bias in AI systems, stronger protections against digital abuse of women and girls, and continued prioritization of gender equality in future EU policies.
Toward trust and oversight in advanced AI: UN’s Scientific Advisory Board explores frontier AI verification
By framing verification as a technically grounded and politically relevant objective, the Scientific Advisory Board contributes to an emerging conversation about how the world might manage the development of frontier AI without compromising security or fairness.
