Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
Advanced digital infrastructure and high internet penetration provide Kazakhstan with the tools to scale AI solutions across public administration and the broader economy.
Concerns over gaming addiction and gambling-style mechanics are pushing the EU toward stricter regulation, especially as children increasingly encounter paid loot boxes in popular titles.
Regular budgets will now fund most AI and chip spending, replacing ad-hoc allocations and providing greater stability for long-term technological development.
Combining PaTH Attention with selective forgetting mechanisms further enhances AI models’ ability to prioritise relevant information over long sequences.
Retail investors face growing exposure to AI washing and behavioural targeting as it spreads through asset management and trading, according to an IMF technical note.
Security technology is entering an operational phase as Agentic AI, digital twins and intelligent wearables move from experimental tools to core systems measured through real performance.
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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.