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The Council endorsed new EU rules that oblige online providers to prevent the spread of harmful material and give national authorities stronger powers to intervene when risks arise.
Turkmenistan’s sweeping move to regulate its digital asset landscape signals a major shift in how the country plans to engage with the rapidly evolving crypto economy.
Belgium has ordered all federal government officials to cease using the Chinese AI tool DeepSeek, effective 1 December. All applications linked to the system must be removed from government devices by Monday, according to a letter from Vanessa Matz, Minister of Government Modernisation. The decision follows an assessment by the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, which (See more)
EU AI Cloud integrates models from leading partners and provides multiple deployment paths that help European organisations balance innovation with sovereignty.
Campaigners pressed for stronger action on tech-enabled gender violence during the 16 Days initiative.
Users can now mix speaking and typing in one ChatGPT chat window, with real-time on-screen updates.
With new access to large-scale GPU infrastructure, South Korea is preparing for faster AI growth across startups, industry and government following insights shared at NVIDIA AI Day Seoul.
Interest in quantum computing is accelerating as businesses anticipate its potential to transform future technologies and digital innovation.
A security issue at Mixpanel led to exposure of some OpenAI API account metadata, according to the company.
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Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 104 – October 2025
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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.