Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
The UN's permanent cyber mechanism continued its substantive work by identifying ransomware, AI-enabled threats, critical infrastructure protection, and capacity development as shared priorities for strengthening international cybersecurity cooperation.
DGT has released an open AI model built to treat all 24 EU languages equally.
AI raises both opportunities and risks for Indigenous language revitalisation, UN forum hears.
New guidance says AI datasets lacking quality cannot be deemed necessary.
The Ayush Grid connects health facilities, research platforms and citizen services across India.
New AI development strategy sees South Korea support digital transformation across developing economies.
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AI governance is becoming infrastructure governance
AI governance is increasingly expanding beyond the regulation of algorithms to encompass the physical and institutional infrastructure, such as chips, data centres, cloud computing, energy, and connectivity, that determines who can develop, deploy, and benefit from AI.
Analysis
Digital Omnibus on AI: The EU's AI Act simplification and new AI Office powers
The Council of the EU has approved the Digital Omnibus on AI, legislation that simplifies the AI Act and expands the AI Office's oversight of platforms regulated under the DSA.
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Claude Fable 5, frontier AI models and the future of cybersecurity
Digital resilience becomes increasingly important following Claude Fable 5 and its security implications.
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WSIS+20 Process
The year 2025 marks 20 years since the finalisation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and a review process looking at 20 years of WSIS outcomes implementation will conclude with a high-level meeting at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), in December. This page keeps track of the process leading to the UNGA meeting in December 2025. It also provides background information about WSIS and related activities and processes since 1998.
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Digital Technologies
From internet applications to quantum computing, we focus on advanced and emerging digital technologies which are increasingly reshaping our economies and societies.
Clusters of Policy topics
We unpack digital policy by exploring over 50 topics – from access and sustainable development to network security and the future of work – classified in 7 clusters.
Processes
Follow some of the most important digital policy processes, from the EU's work on the Digital Services Act/Digital Markets Act to the UN Cybercrime Ad Hoc Committee.