Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
As per UNESCO, its Open Solutions are part of the Digital Public Goods Alliance roadmap and support access to knowledge as a public good.
High-growth companies in Latvia receive targeted guidance and investment support through EIB partnerships with authorities.
A new manufacturing expansion in North Carolina aims to support AI infrastructure, enhance domestic production, and create additional skilled jobs in the optical cable sector.
EDB Fund and Uzbekistan officials agree to create a joint roadmap for digital projects, aiming to boost AI adoption and economic transformation in multiple sectors.
New evidence by IWF shows online child abuse is driven by scale and weak enforcement.
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The implementation of the EU AI Act with a focus on general-purpose AI models
The European Union is progressing into the implementation phase of its Artificial Intelligence Act, with emerging obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models. Guidance from the European Commission and the AI Office outlines compliance expectations as the EU operationalises its risk-based AI governance framework.
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UN kicks off Global Mechanism on ICT security, road ahead murky
The long-awaited Global Mechanism has finally launched, creating the UN’s first permanent forum on ICT security—but its inaugural session left many questions about how it will actually work. Here’s why it matters and what to watch as the mechanism takes shape.
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Metaverse's decline and the harsh limits of a virtual future
As Meta scales back Horizon Worlds, the metaverse stands as a costly lesson in hype, platform power, and failed digital futurism.
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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.