Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
Plus, Pax Silica members meet for second annual summit, Singapore updates its cybersecurity playbook, EU introduces €3 duty on low-value e-commerce imports, and a busy calendar in Geneva in the week ahead.
Access, trust and impact will be the focus of the AI for Good Global Commission.
A Pew Research Center survey has found that 56% of US adults support banning children under 16 from using social media sites. The survey, conducted from 26 May to 1 June 2026 among 9,750 US adults, found that 21% oppose such a ban, while 23% are unsure. Pew said the findings come as governments around (See more)
Large online platforms are under scrutiny for how recommender systems and interface design may intensify exposure to harmful online behaviour.
The partnership emphasises joint research, talent exchange, and development of multilingual AI models to support innovation and economic growth across the Indo-Pacific region.
A new independent AI Office of Ireland will oversee enforcement and support AI innovation domestically.
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When AI learns from humanity, it inherits more than knowledge. It also absorbs the biases, assumptions, and inequalities embedded in society.
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FIFA World Cup 2026 faces growing AI and cybersecurity threats
Cybercriminals are targeting fans and organisers throughout the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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The future of agentic AI: A cross-regulatory perspective from the UK
Agentic AI systems that can plan, decide and act autonomously across platforms simultaneously trigger obligations under data protection, competition, financial services and online safety law, exposing gaps that sector-based regulation was not built to address.
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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.