The Digital Watch monthly
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 106 – January 2026
Issue 106: In our January 2026 issue, we focus on digital sovereignty as governments work to secure domestic technology, data, and infrastructure amid rising geopolitical tensions. We cover our annual AI and digital forecast, WSIS+20 outcomes, and progress on child safety online, including landmark US platform addiction trials. Regulatory scrutiny hit Grok, X’s AI tool, over non-consensual deepfakes, while the 11th Geneva Engage Awards celebrated excellence in digital outreach. Stay informed on 2026’s key digital developments. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 105 – November 2025
Issue 105: In our November 2025 issue, we take you from Washington to Geneva, COP30 to the WSIS+20 negotiations — tracing the major developments that are reshaping AI policy, online safety, and the resilience of the digital infrastructure we rely on every day. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 104 – October 2025
Issue 104: In our October 2025 issue, we unpacked new rules for children’s online spaces and examined the global struggle to steer AI. We analysed shifting rare-earth supply chains and what recent cloud outages reveal about digital resilience. We also looked back at the signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention. We also recapped key Geneva events shaping the future of international digital governance. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 103 – September 2025
Issue 103: In our September 2025 issue, we unpack how AI and digital issues took centre stage at UNGA80, and explore the strategic importance of open-source AI, the rise of AI-generated 'slop' on social media, and TikTok’s American makeover. We examined how the global chip race is reshaping notions of sovereignty, and how Nepal’s “Discord democracy” turned a banned platform into a ballot box. We also looked at growing calls to limit children’s online access and recapped key Geneva events shaping the future of international digital governance. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 102 – July and August 2025
Issue 102: In our July-August 2025 issue, we explore the shifting balance of digital power: US chips versus China’s minerals, the global AI race, and cyber intrusions reshaping geopolitics. We highlight lessons from AI’s summer of disillusionment, the UN OEWG’s milestone on cybersecurity, and Geneva’s summer dialogues shaping digital governance. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 101
Issue 101: In our #101 June 2025 issue, we unpack the IGF 2025 and dive into WSIS+20, HRC and ITU, sorting out the latest digital trends in cybersecurity, AI governance, digital divide, geopolitics and others for the month of June (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 100
Issue 100: In our #100 May 2025 issue, we unpack the EU’s crackdown on platform accountability, Google’s antitrust battles, intensifying US-China tech chess over TikTok and chips, a global race for AI and quantum breakthroughs, the UK’s crypto surge, and Geneva’s lead in shaping digital diplomacy and cybersecurity frameworks. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 99
Issue 99: In our monthly newsletter April in Retrospect, we dive into the Trump administration’s first 100 days and the escalation of trade tensions, US funding cuts threaten the UN's future and Geneva's role as a global hub, Regulatory and legal framework tendencies in Big Tech legal battles. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 98
Issue 98: In our monthly newsletter March in Retrospect, the Trump administration’s cyber ceasefire with Russia, the UN and the way forward for discussions on AI governance and the future of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Google made its largest acquisition to date by purchasing Wiz, the Israeli cloud cybersecurity firm, Ghibli-style AI-generated images overwhelmed OpenAI’s servers, sparking debates on AI copyright and system resilience. (See more)
Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 97 – March 2025
Issue 97, March 2025: In our March issue, we focus on 'OEWG: negotiations enter the eleventh hour,' alongside the Diplo director Jovan Kurbalija’s blog 'USAID’s closure: Soft power at a crossroads.' In other analyses: 'Basketball spirit through cutting-edge technology: What did the NBA Tech Summit deliver?', explore 'Data Protection Day 2025: A new mandate for data protection' and 'Legacy media vs social media and alternative media channels.' (See more)
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