The European Accessibility Act entered into application on 28 June 2025, setting EU-wide standards to make key products and services—such as smartphones, e-books, and banking terminals—accessible to persons with disabilities. By harmonising requirements across member states, the Act aims to reduce daily barriers, support equal participation in society, and foster inclusive innovation.
Members and the observer of the Freedom Online Coalition have released a 2025 Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, calling for AI governance grounded in international human rights law and multistakeholder cooperation. The statement will be launched at the 2025 Internet Governance Forum in Lillestrøm.
As cyber threats grow more complex and personal across Africa, a new push for justice is calling governments, tech companies, and communities to act together.
From digital deepfakes to economic exploitation, global experts reveal how online threats are evolving faster than current laws can contain them.
NIS2 expands cybersecurity requirements and penalties, covering more sectors in public and private industries.
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.
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.
NOYB accuses Meta of bypassing EU user consent rules.
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.
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.
Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) is a project co-funded by the European Union.
