On 27 February 2024, the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) adopted guidelines for the responsible use of digital and social media in elections, emphasising accountability and the need to prevent disinformation. The guidelines encour…
On 6 February 2024, a collaborative statement involving multiple countries and endorsed by technological companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta was released. This joint declaration underscored the imperative for enhanced measures to address t…
On 6 November 2023, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published guidelines for the governance of social media platforms and safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information. The report emphasis…
On 18 October 2023, the Bejing Initiative on the Belt and Road International Digital Economy Cooperation was launched at the Third Belt and Road Forum. The initiative proposed by several states including China, Argentina, Cambodia, Comoros, Cuba, Et…
On 8 May 2023, the Ibero-American Network for the Protection of Personal Data (RIPD) adopted coordinated measures regarding the investigation into OpenAI's platform ChatGPT data processing practices. The RIPD alleges that the ChatGPT platform may po…
On 8 February 2023, UNESCO published the second draft of the “Guidelines for regulating digital platforms: A multistakeholder approach to safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information” to be reviewed in the UNESCO Internet for Trust G…
On 27 September 2022, the Ibero-American Data Protection Network, including the Data Protection Authorities from Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, issued guidance on implementing standard contractual clauses for cross-border data trans…
The General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at its 41st session. This occurred two years after the resolution of the previous General Conference's session in November 2019 to develop this firs…