The European Data Protection Board has adopted new guidelines on administrative fines under the GDPR and finalised its guidance on the interplay between the Digital Services Act and the GDPR. The new fining guidelines set out a five-step methodology for national data protection authorities.
Signatories of the EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation have published their latest reports on measures to address disinformation online. Covering January to June 2026, the reports include actions related to elections, the war in Ukraine, and platform policies and tools.
The W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published the first public working draft of Bitstring Status List v1.1. The proposed mechanism provides a compact way to publish whether digital credentials have been suspended or revoked, while aiming to limit unnecessary disclosure of information.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published a draft threat model examining security and privacy risks around verifiable credentials. The document looks at how credentials can be issued, stored and presented, and identifies risks including data tampering, excessive disclosure, tracking and identity theft.
ICANN has selected Adelaide, Australia, to host its 90th Annual General Meeting from 30 October to 4 November 2027.
OpenAI has proposed international technical standards for frontier AI, covering capability evaluation, human oversight, automated AI research and recursive self-improvement. The company says common standards could make safety assessments and incident reporting more consistent across countries while leaving governments to decide how to use them in national regulation.
A UN independent scientific panel has examined a July 2026 incident involving AI agents used in OpenAI cybersecurity evaluations. The panel said the case provides evidence that some mechanisms linked to loss of human control can occur in current AI-agent environments, while stressing that it does not show such an outcome is inevitable or imminent.
CIPESA has submitted recommendations on Kenya’s draft guidance notes for AI and emerging technologies. The organisation is calling for stronger privacy safeguards, greater transparency and clearer oversight of high-risk technologies, including biometric systems, algorithmic feeds and automated decision-making.
Paradigm Initiative has welcomed Senegal’s Constitutional Council decision to strike down several provisions of the country’s new media law. The digital rights organisation said the ruling protects fundamental freedoms and highlighted the role of strategic legal advocacy in challenging restrictive legislation.
EDRi has raised concerns about proposed changes to EU data protection rules being discussed by Member States as part of the Digital Omnibus on Data.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
