The Digital Watch weekly
Published every Friday, the Digital Watch weekly newsletter brings you the latest in digital policy from around the world.
DW Weekly #176 – 6 September 2024
Council of Europe opens AI convention for signature. Global AI framework signed to safeguard human rights. Musk's X wins court battle and partially blocks California's social media law. (See more)
DW Weekly #175 – 30 August 2024
Musk's X faces Brazil’s Supreme Court and potential shutdown in the country. Meta and Spotify CEOs call for simplified, harmonised regulations in the EU to harness the potential of open-source AI. Iran has officially banned virtual private networks (VPNs). (See more)
DW Weekly #174 – 23 August 2024
Brazil banned Meta from cross-platform data sharing, UNCTAD called for a global shift towards a circular digital economy, and Nepal lifted TikTok ban. (See more)
DW Weekly #173 – 16 August 2024
Humans will continue to control AI, OpenAI CSO assured. Cyber insurers are the winners of the recent CrowdStrike outage. Google was ordered to provide Android users with more ways to download apps outside of its Play Store. (See more)
DW Weekly #172 – 9 August 2024
Google found guilty of antitrust violations. Air travellers sue CrowdStrike over global outage. Neuralink implants device in second patient. Altman hints at groundbreaking AI, reveals Project Strawberry. (See more)
DW Weekly #171 – 2 August 2024
Could the WTO’s new digital trade agreement end e-commerce chaos? Researchers uncovered the largest ever ransomware payment of a whopping USD 75m, Meta settled Texas facial recognition lawsuit, and Microsoft has acknowledged OpenAI as a rival in search technologies. (See more)
DW Weekly #170 – 26 July 2024
CrowdStrike's recent software update caused a global tech outage, impacting millions of devices and industries, leading to USD 54 billion in potential losses. France is bracing for cyberattacks as the Olympics kick off. The USA, the EU, and the UK anti-monopoly authorities pledged to protect fairness in generative AI. Sam Altman is advocating for a USA-led global coalition on AI to ensure a democratic vision for AI prevails over an authoritarian one. (See more)
DW Weekly #169 – 19 July 2024
A major tech outage today (19 July) is disrupting operations worldwide across industries. The OEWG adopted its third progress report and advanced debates about the next mechanism for ICT discussions. The US FBI unlocked the Trump shooter’s phone. (See more)
DW Weekly #168 – 12 July 2024
Do recent reports and surveys show China is winning the AI race? Plus, Microsoft gave up its observer seat on OpenAI’s board, NATO announced the launch of a cyber defence centre, and the EU asked Amazon for DSA compliance details. (See more)
DW Weekly #167 – 5 July 2024
#167 Weekly | Japan won the war on floppies. WIPO revealed China leads in AI patents, while the USA excels in advanced AI. Plus, 10 billion passwords were leaked. (See more)
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