Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
A proposed UK social media ban for under-16s could reshape platform age-verification duties.
Apple has said it will not launch its new Siri AI features on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 in the European Union, citing unresolved concerns over compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The company said discussions with the European Commission are ongoing, while the delayed rollout highlights continuing debates over interoperability, competition, privacy, and security requirements for AI-powered digital services.
Three existing government functions will be consolidated under a single national body that will lead the AI strategy and support digital transformation across the UAE.
A new UK pilot demonstrated how AI can support cyber teams in finding critical weaknesses.
Advanced technology ties were strengthened through the South Korea–EU digital partnership framework.
Online safety initiatives advance as Brazil and the EU strengthen regulatory ties.
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The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package and the future of European digital power
Four interconnected measures, including two new laws, could fundamentally reshape how Europe invests in, deploys, and governs the semiconductors, cloud infrastructure and software its economy depends on.
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Europe’s digital crossroads: Key takeaways from CPDP 2026
At CPDP 2026, privacy and data protection remained at the heart of Europe’s digital policy debates, but AI governance, digital sovereignty, and online child protection emerged as increasingly prominent themes.
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CBDC: The antithesis of cryptocurrency
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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.