The Digital Watch weekly
Published every Friday, the Digital Watch weekly newsletter brings you the latest in digital policy from around the world.
Weekly #247 From bytes to borders: The quest for digital sovereignty
Plus, AI governance updates from China and the UN, France and India considering bans on children using social media; social media platforms facing trials in Los Angeles over addictive features; and the continuing fallout from the Grok deepfake controversy. (See more)
Weekly #246 WEF 2026 in Davos: Digital governance discussions shift from principles to ‘infrastructure politics’
This week in AI governance: EU pushes an 'Apply AI' rollout; Grok faces deepfake and 'nudification' scrutiny in California and Brussels; the UK names AI Champions for finance; and new US chip tariffs raise supply-chain questions for South Korea; Following: Jeff Bezos to enter satellite broadband race; Child online safety: UK considers an under-16 social media ban. (See more)
Weekly #245 The Grok shock: How AI deepfakes triggered reactions worldwide
This week in AI governance: updates from Spain, Malta, Morocco, Taiwan, the EU, and the USA; internet access under pressure in Iran and Uganda; the UK and France consider measures to protect children online; new semiconductor policy moves by the USA and Taiwan; developments in the Nexperia case; and Western cyber agencies issue guidance on industrial cyber risks. (See more)
Weekly #244 Looking ahead: Our annual AI and digital forecast
Plus, developments in AI governance, Brussels' bet on open-source to boost tech sovereignty and the US withdrawal from several international bodies. (See more)
Weekly #243 What the WSIS+20 outcome means for global digital governance?
Plus, ByteDance moves to head off a US TikTok ban, China edges closer to semiconductor independence with EUV prototype, USA launches tech force to boost federal AI and advanced tech skills, Brussels targets ultra-cheap imports, and USA reportedly suspends Tech Prosperity Deal with UK, as well as what’s ahead. (See more)
Weekly #242 Under-16 social media use in Australia: A delay or a ban?
Plus, Vietnam's first AI law, the US executive order on state AI legislation, Qatar’s national AI company Qai, and Nvidia's approval to sell H200 chips to approved Chinese companies, as well as what’s ahead. (See more)
Weekly #241 Australia’s social media ban: Making it work
Plus, Australia’s National AI Plan, Uzbekistan’s ‘5 million AI leaders’ project, Belgium’s ban of DeepSeek on government devices, the world’s first national standard for accessible and equitable AI adopted in Canada, revision 2 of the WSIS+20 outcome document released, launch of the UN Digital Cooperation Portal, last week in Geneva, and what’s ahead. (See more)
Weekly #240 Code meets climate: AI and digital at COP30
Plus, updates on AI governance from this week, new measures to children from online harms in the EU, Australia and Malaysia, G20's digital priorities, and the newest in the ongoing Nexperia saga. (See more)
Weekly #239 Digital draught: When the cloud goes offline
Cloudflare’s outage exposes cloud fragility as Brussels eyes gatekeepers. Plus: EU Digital Omnibus on AI/GDPR, Singapore’s AI sandbox, India’s DPDP, ETRS plan, Africa’s Cotonou 2030 goals. (See more)
Weekly #238 Strengthening democracy in the digital age: The EU’s New ‘Democracy Shield’
Plus, highlights from the WSIS+20 Rev 1 document, the EU’s revised Chat Control proposal, an EU-UK-Australia alliance on protecting children online, NYT vs OpenAI, and a look at the week ahead. (See more)
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