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Canada and Spain sign AI cooperation agreement
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Malaysia expands online safety rules for platforms and digital services
ICO warns major platforms over lack of privacy-friendly age assurance
Meta accused of using influencers to defend Instagram child safety measures

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Why digital literacy is becoming a strategic necessity in the AI era

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Agentic AI and the future of cybersecurity

Companies are embracing agentic AI to strengthen cyber defence, but autonomous systems may also introduce new vulnerabilities.

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Why DeepSeek V4 is changing the AI model race

DeepSeek V4 brings long context, open weights and lower costs into focus. Here is why the model is generating so much hype.

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Digital Watch newsletter – Issue 109 – April 2026

Issue 109: In our April 2026 issue, we analysed the high-profile statements about the future that came from the tech industry in April. We spotlighted the danger of fake laws governing real life. We examined the release of Mythos and the questions it brought up about the governance of frontier AI. We also recapped April’s key digital policy developments and Geneva discussions shaping global governance.

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Weekly #263 Russia–China Summit signals deepening cooperation across AI, industry, and digital economy

Plus, platforms continue to face pressure over youth safety online; Australia is introducing a national digital health standards framework; the OECD highlights growth and regulatory challenges in ASEAN digital trade; a recap of last week’s global AI discussions, and a look back at broader policy debates in Geneva.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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