On 1 March 2024, the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) adopted a decision to continue the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce. The decision includes a specific focus on the development needs of developing and least-devel…
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 Prime Ministers of Australia and Fiji signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cyber Security Cooperation to address emerging cyber security threats in the Pacific region. The MoU was signed in the context of the renewed…
On 13 September 2023, in the context of their first meeting, the participating countries announced the admission of the South African Film and Publication Board as well as the Korean Communications Standards Commission to the Global Online Safety Re…
On 12 September 2023, in the context of the first meeting, the Global Online Safety Regulators Network adopted its position statement on human rights and online safety regulation. The Network noted the regulation's impacts on the users' human rights…
On 23 February 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a paper on "Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets" with the purpose of providing guidance to IMF members on key elements to develop a policy framework for crypto assets.…
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…
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…