Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
Global leaders opening the WSIS Forum 2026 urged countries to move from digital commitments to concrete action, calling for greater investment in connectivity, AI skills, and inclusive governance to ensure the benefits of AI reach everyone.
EU data sovereignty concerns include localisation barriers, discriminatory rules and sensitive data leakage.
Scientific innovation becomes central to China's long term economic competitiveness and AI ambitions.
The court rules that Apple's multiple App Store versions constitute a single core platform service requiring regulatory compliance.
European regulators are tightening data protection expectations for generative AI developers, providing clearer rules on web scraping, personal data use, and blockchain applications.
The Turin event examined AI crisis management risks, including misinformation, overreliance and data gaps.
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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.