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Insight EU Dossier: Data and Internet Governance – Issue 2/2023

May 9, 2023 , ,
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# FOCUS: OPEN AI
  • A portrait of AI adopters across countries – OECD
  • Mind the Gap in Standardisation of Cybersecurity for Artificial Intelligence – ENISA
  • Bitkom: ChatGPT & Co.: Jedes sechste Unternehmen plant KI-Einsatz zur Textgenerierung
  • Designing Trustworthy and Transparent AI Systems Using Assessment Tools – Fraunhofer Research
  • Beatriz Busaniche: ‘Hate speech is sustained by stereotypes, which are often driven by AI’ – Open Knowledge Foundation
  • The Narrative: AI regulation frenzy; An assault on proof of work; & IMF puff piece – Internet Governance Project
# FOCUS: OPEN INTERNET ACCESS
  • EU Commission reports on the implementation of the EU rules safeguarding open internet access
  • Second EU report on the implementation of the Regulation on Open internet access
# FOCUS: CYBER RESILIENCE
  • Cyber: Towards stronger EU capabilities for effective operational cooperation, solidarity and resilience
  • EU Commission Q&A on stronger EU cyber capabilities for effective operational cooperation, solidarity and resilience
  • Speech by EU Commission EVP Vestager on strengthening cybersecurity resilience
  • Without a truly European cybersecurity policy, no strong European Union is possible
  • Europa-CSU zum Cyber Solidarity Act der EU-Kommission
# FOCUS: GDPR
  • EDPS Contribution in the context of the Commission initiative to further specify procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation, 25 April 2023
  • EU Commission call for evidence: Further specifying procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation
  • 5th Anniversary of the GDPR: Still a benchmark in the EU digital landscape?
# FOCUS: DATA ACT
  • Swedish EU Presidency: Member States agree common position on fair access to and use of data
  • EU Council agrees position on data collection and sharing for short-term accommodation rentals
  • EP REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)
  • BEREC invites stakeholders to online workshop on Data Act
  • Data Act: Verbraucherrechte im Trilog wahren – vzbv Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
# FOCUS: VIRTUAL WORLDS
  • Citizens’ Panel proposes 23 recommendations for fair and human-centric virtual worlds in the EU
# DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
  • Digital Services Act: Commission designates first set of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines
  • DSA enforcement: EU Commission launches European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency
  • Digital Services Act: Commission sets rules on supervisory fees for very large online platforms and very large online search engines
  • COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) /… supplementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the detailed methodologies and procedures regarding the supervisory fees charged by the Commission on providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines
# DIGITAL MARKETS ACT
  • Digital Markets Act: rules for digital gatekeepers to ensure open markets start to apply
  • Updated Questions and Answers: Digital Markets Act: Ensuring fair and open digital markets
  • Digital Markets Act: Commission creates High-Level Group to provide advice and expertise in implementation
# EU COMMISSION
  • EU Commission recommends actions to combat online piracy of sports and other live events
# EU PARLIAMENT
  • Shaping the digital transformation: The EU strategy explained
  • European Digital Identity: easy online access to key services
  • VAT in the digital age [EU Legislation in Progress] – EP Research Service
– THE LEFT
  • Regulating artificial intelligence and Big Tech: Could EU’s digital trade agenda derail it?
  • Big data on a dead planet. The digital transition’s neglected environmental impacts.
# EU AGENCIES
– EDPS
  • International Agreements to fight crime require strong data protection safeguards
  • EDPS opens office in Strasbourg
– ETSI
  • Global Standards Collaboration meeting for a more sustainable, safer world – ETSI
  • ETSI releases World First Protection Profile for Quantum Key Distribution
– CEN CENELEC
  • How cybersecurity standards support the evolving EU legislative landscape
# EU MEMBER STATES
– IRELAND
  • New ICCL complaint against European Commission at EU Ombudsman – Irish Council for Civil Liberties
  • Lessons of EU tech regulation shared with Australian Senate – Irish Council for Civil Liberties
– GERMANY
  • DigiBitS – Digitale Bildung trifft Schule
# STAKEHOLDERS
– EUROISPA
  • EuroISPA Annual Policy Report 2022 – Brussels Outlook 2023
  • EuroISPA and other European Internet industry associations join forces and publish a joint statement on the proposed CSAM Regulation
– EDRI
  • Decolonising the digital rights field in Europe: Call for feedback on our first draft programme – EDRi and DFF
– CENTER FOR DATA INNOVATION
  • Improving Legal AI Systems – Center for Data Innovation
  • Event Recap: What Are the Consequences of Backdoors for Online Privacy? – Center for Data Innovation
  • Claims About Generative AI Replacing Jobs Are Hyperbolic and Misleading – Center for Data Innovation
  • The United States Can Learn from China’s New National Data Administration – Center for Data Innovation
– CIRCLE ID
  • UN and the Global Digital Compact: How to Strengthen the IGF? – CircleID
  • Subdomain Hijacking Vulnerabilities Report: One in Five DNS Records Are Left in a State in Which They Are Vulnerable to Subdomain Hijacking
  • UK Announces £100 Million in Funding to Help the Nation Build and Adopt the Next Generation of ‘Sovereign’ AI – CircleID
  • U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy and Its Impact on Domain Security – CircleID
  • A Brief History and Recent Developments in the Co-Existence of Web2 and Web3 Domains – CircleID
  • Uncovering Stolen Card E-Shops Using DNS Intelligence – CircleID
  • China Developing Cyber Weapons to Gain Control of Enemy Satellites – CircleID
– CCIA
  • CCIA Europe Comments on Dutch DMA Implementation Act
  • CCIA Asks European Court of Justice To Preserve Existing Legal Tests in Response to Appeal
  • New Survey Research Finds Policies Requiring Apps & Websites to Carry Objectionable Content Could Damage Digital Economy
  • CCIA Response To Senate Bill On Teens’ Social Media Requirements
– CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE
  • Beyond the Inbox: Protecting Against Collaboration Apps as an Emerging Attack Vector – Cloud Security Alliance
  • The State of Data Security: The Hard Truths – Cloud Security Alliance
  • What Boards Need to Know About GRC and Atomized Networks – Cloud Security Alliance
– AER
  • AER Position on the proposal for a European Media Freedom Act – Association of European Radios
– DATA COALITION
  • As Government Considers Widespread AI Adoption, New Report Emphasizes Need to Prioritize Data Readiness
– CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN REFORM
  • Can the EU afford to drive out American cloud services? – CER Insight
– MCKINSEY & COMPANY
  • The EU digital strategy: The impact of data privacy on global business – McKinsey & Company
# COMPANIES
– META
  • Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports: Protecting People and Businesses
  • Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, First Quarter 2023
  • How Meta Protects Businesses From Malware
# OTHER COUNTRIES
– NORWAY
  • Norway bids to host Internet Governance Forum 2025
– UK
  • Ensuring effective competition in digital markets, for people, businesses and the economy
  • An Overview of the UK’s New Approach to AI – Center for Data Innovation
  • UK Ofcom Statement: Regulating the BBC’s impact on competition
– USA
  • U.S. NIST Partners with NSF on New Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS)
  • The Key to Securing Legacy Computing Systems – DARPA seeking proposals for new Compartmentalization and Privilege Management program
# GLOBAL REGULATORS
– TECH7 / G7
  • Tech7 Joint Statement: G7 to strive together towards further technological innovation
– IRTF
  • Updates of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
– ITU
  • ITU teams up with European Commission to promote and measure meaningful connectivity
  • The affordability of ICT services 2022
– ICANN
  • ICANN Systems Controls Validated by Annual IANA Functions Audit
  • ICANN to Showcase Early Development of the Registration Data Request Service
  • Middle East DNS Forum Will Provide Insights and Strategies from Leading Experts
  • For ICANN to Have a Future, It Needs to Take Human Rights Considerations Seriously – CircleID
  • ICANN: Governance & Authority – CircleID
  • ICANN: Coalition for Digital Africa Turns Focus to Universal Acceptance
  • Latest initiatives, decisions and publications by ICANN
– IGF 2023
  • IGF 2023 Call for Session Proposals
– IETF
  • Call for volunteers or nominations for the IETF Delegate to the ICANN 2024 Nominating Committee – Internet Architecture Board
– IAB
  • IAB Reappoints Laura Thomson to the Internet Society Board of Trustees
# GLOBAL HEADLINES
  • Press Freedom Day: let’s keep the web free!
  • A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic
  • TikTok and the Retreat of the Open Web
  • What does China’s newly launched National Data Bureau mean to China and global data governance?
  • Russia hasn’t stopped maneuvering for greater control of the web
  • Global geopolitics in flux: The powerful impact of corporate titans on the world stage
  • Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It’s … not great
  • India’s digital public infrastructure reportedly not as popular with G7 nations
  • Future-proofing the city: A human rights-based approach to governing algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies
  • The grey-zones of public-private surveillance: Policy tendencies of facial recognition for public security in Brazilian cities
  • Emerging technologies in spotlight at Regional Internet forum
  • Chainalysis issues the 2023 cryptocurrency crime report
  • Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality calls for gender equality in Global Digital Compact
  • MasterCard and Visa delay plans for cryptocurrency implementation
  • Quantum Insider publishes list of top quantum spenders based on GDP
  • The IMF is in favor of regulating the cryptoassets but also leaving the mechanism for ban if needed
  • New platform launched by Meta and NCMEC to prevent the spread of intimate images online
  • Albania signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention
  • China proposes an overall plan for the construction of Digital China 2035
  • UN’s 67th Commission on Status of Women from 6 to 17 March
  • Digital India law to set new rules for non-personal data sharing

 

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