At the WSIS+20 consultation meeting in Dar es Salaam, Bingwa Civic Tech Lab called for a renewed focus on global digital justice. Their intervention highlighted persistent infrastructure gaps across Africa, the need for community-owned data, and the urgency of building human-centric frameworks that align WSIS, the SDGs, and the Global Digital Compact without duplicating existing efforts.
A new agreement commits the UK and EU to joint action on cyber resilience, disinformation, and digital crisis management.
The Commission's investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos focus on the risks for the protection of minors, including those linked to the absence of effective age verification measures.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration urges the the Federal Communications Commission to streamline submarine cable rules, keep the 25-year license, and improve agency coordination to protect security and investment.
The publication of harmonised standards and clear testing criteria is expected to simplify the compliance process, particularly for smaller manufacturers that may lack extensive in-house regulatory expertise
ICANN is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to its domain name transfer rules. The updates, recommended by the Transfer Policy Review Working Group, aim to make moving domains between registrars simpler, safer, and more transparent.
The report includes concrete actions and cooperative measures to address ICT threats and captures concrete progress made at the OEWG to promote an open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful and interoperable ICT environment.
Consumer groups have raised concerns despite a German ruling that supports Meta’s AI data practices.
Human rights groups have unequivocally condemned Jordan’s latest media crackdown as a serious violation of constitutional and international protections for freedom of expression. They urge immediate reversal of the bans, transparency, and comprehensive legal reform to ensure that Jordan’s laws align with its human rights obligations and protect the essential role of independent media in society/
Talks on US-EU trade tariffs will resume, with a new deadline set for 9 July 2025.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
