On 25 June 2026, 10 additional countries signed the Pax Silica Declaration at the Second Pax Silica Summit, bringing the total number of signatories to 24. The new signatories are Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, the European Union, German…
On 25 June 2026, 35 countries signed the Joint Statement on AI Opportunity at the Second Pax Silica Summit, committing to a shared regulatory vision for artificial intelligence centered on pro-growth, pro-innovation principles. While distinct from t…
On 7 May 2026, twenty members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) committed to refrain from imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions among themselves from 8 May 2026, following the lapse of the multilateral WTO e-commerce moratorium at …
On 1 April 2026, a group of 23 WTO member countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Norway, Japan, United States and United Kingdom issued a joint statement committing to maintain the practice of not imposing customs duties on electronic t…
On 30 March 2026, the Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions was terminated following the conclusion of the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference, which ended without consensus to extend the measure. The moratorium had …
On 25 March 2026, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) published a sweep report examining children's privacy practices across 876 websites and applications. The inquiry found that, while age assurance use has increased since 2015, 88% of pl…
On 3 March 2026, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report on stablecoins, focusing on their use in peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions via unhosted wallets. The report notes that by mid-2025, over 250 stablecoins were in circulation, wi…
On 23 February 2026, 61 Data Protection Authorities, including those from Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, and the European Data Protection Board, adopted a joint statement raising concerns about Artificial In…
On 20 February 2026, 87 countries, including Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the European Union, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, endorsed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit Declaration,…
On 4 February 2026, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement on AI-generated sexualised images of children. The statement notes the rapid rise in the volume of AI-generated sexualised images, including deepfakes produced throug…