| Highlights from the week of 29 March-5 April 2024 |
Global governance
The Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact outlines a series of commitments and actions towards an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital future for all. Among them are proposals for several new mechanisms and processes. Read more.
The Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact outlines a series of commitments and actions towards an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital future for all. Among them are proposals for several new mechanisms and processes. Read more.
Artificial intelligence
The pledge was made during the China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum. Read more.
The pledge was made during the China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum. Read more.
EU & US ramp up collaboration on AI within the TTC framework, focusing on generative AI risks & mitigation. While EU enforces binding regulations, US opts for federal guidelines, with states enacting their own laws. Read more.
EU & US ramp up collaboration on AI within the TTC framework, focusing on generative AI risks & mitigation. While EU enforces binding regulations, US opts for federal guidelines, with states enacting their own laws. Read more.
The USA and the UK launched a new alliance on the science of AI safety amid mounting concerns about the next generation of systems. Read more.
The USA and the UK launched a new alliance on the science of AI safety amid mounting concerns about the next generation of systems. Read more.
Infrastructure
The proposal aims to ensure equal access to all content and applications without favouring or blocking specific sources. Read more.
The proposal aims to ensure equal access to all content and applications without favouring or blocking specific sources. Read more.
Content policy
US President Joe Biden has urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to change the ownership of TikTok, expressing concerns about national security and data security. Read more.
US President Joe Biden has urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to change the ownership of TikTok, expressing concerns about national security and data security. Read more.
The proposed agency will partner with intelligence and communication bodies to confront recent revelations regarding Russia’s dissemination of disinformation tactics across Europe. Read more.
The proposed agency will partner with intelligence and communication bodies to confront recent revelations regarding Russia’s dissemination of disinformation tactics across Europe. Read more.
Technologies
According to Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, China considers the Netherlands should help companies meet their contractual obligations and guarantee usual trade in the lithography machines between the two countries. Read more.
According to Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, China considers the Netherlands should help companies meet their contractual obligations and guarantee usual trade in the lithography machines between the two countries. Read more.
Cybersecurity
The document focuses on the roles of the Coordinating Authority and suggests possible criteria and scoring methodologies for assessing the risk associated with online services. Read more.
The document focuses on the roles of the Coordinating Authority and suggests possible criteria and scoring methodologies for assessing the risk associated with online services. Read more.
Development
Introduced by PM Abiy Ahmed in 2020, the Digital Ethiopia 2025 strategy aims to drive the country’s digital transformation to facilitate four key sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, IT services and tourism. Read more.
Introduced by PM Abiy Ahmed in 2020, the Digital Ethiopia 2025 strategy aims to drive the country’s digital transformation to facilitate four key sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, IT services and tourism. Read more.
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dig.watch
The cryptocurrency and digital asset industry has once again been the focus of the worldwide media. This time, it is not about the promises of an inclusive future of finance but is related to a couple of court cases initiated or found to have come to a close in the past months. What lies in the industry’s future? Read more.
3 Apr 2024
dig.watch
The cryptocurrency and digital asset industry has once again been the focus of the worldwide media. This time, it is not about the promises of an inclusive future of finance but is related to a couple of court cases initiated or found to have come to a close in the past months. What lies in the industry’s future? Read more.
3 Apr 2024
dig.watch
In our April issue of the Digital Watch Monthly, we look at the latest discussions at the UN OEWG on ICT security, where states remain divided on norms, international law and the future mechanism for discussions; the GDC’s Zero Draft, the renewal of the WTO e-commerce Moratorium, and ‘Yes Minister’ as the novel Turing Test. Read more.
4 Apr 2024
dig.watch
In our April issue of the Digital Watch Monthly, we look at the latest discussions at the UN OEWG on ICT security, where states remain divided on norms, international law and the future mechanism for discussions; the GDC’s Zero Draft, the renewal of the WTO e-commerce Moratorium, and ‘Yes Minister’ as the novel Turing Test. Read more.
4 Apr 2024
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