Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
Complaint claims Netflix monetised detailed user behaviour and shared it with advertising networks.
AI can help identify vulnerabilities, but the NCSC says organisations still need patching, asset management, and human expertise.
The UK cybersecurity sector grew in revenue and firm numbers, but workforce growth slowed to its lowest rate since 2018.
Ursula von der Leyen said the EU could consider whether social media should have access to young people.
The civil-society led report explores how organisations adapt to AI platforms.
Europeans expressed growing concerns over AI, disinformation, and privacy risks also, with many calling for stricter safeguards and tighter digital regulation.
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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.