Digital Watch Observatory - Digital Governance in 50+ issues, 500+ actors, 5+ processes
Experts participating in a Diplo webinar on cyber diplomacy in Africa highlighted the importance of stronger regional coordination, greater participation in global digital governance, and investment in local digital capacity as AI and other emerging technologies reshape international policymaking.
The UN Working Group called for feminist and human rights-based approaches to AI governance.
Council of Europe parliamentarians urged states to ratify the AI treaty on human rights and democracy.
Nikhil Rathi said the FCA will use collaboration, sandboxes and supervision to support AI adoption.
DAIDALOS positions Greece among global supercomputing leaders while strengthening European technological autonomy.
New EU legislation reflects IWF concerns over rapidly evolving AI-enabled child exploitation risks.
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FIFA World Cup 2026 faces growing AI and cybersecurity threats
Cybercriminals are targeting fans and organisers throughout the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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The future of agentic AI: A cross-regulatory perspective from the UK
Agentic AI systems that can plan, decide and act autonomously across platforms simultaneously trigger obligations under data protection, competition, financial services and online safety law, exposing gaps that sector-based regulation was not built to address.
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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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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.