Our 5 Most-Read Articles of 2025
From digital sovereignty to encryption and online safety. A look back at the pieces readers engaged with most this year.
internet governance
Standards for a Responsible AI Future: Reflections on the Seoul Statement
The statement comes at a time when principles of justice, dignity, and human rights are increasingly politicized, questioned, or treated as negotiable.
Technical Standards in Service to Humanity
International AI Safety Report: A Conversation with Shalaleh Rismani of Mila - Quebec AI Institute Institute
Inside the thinking behind the International AI Safety Report’s newest update on AI capabilities and risks.
Protecting Kids Without Breaking the Internet
Mallory Knodel discusses an output from the IAB and W3C workshop, now open for feedback, outlining a neutral framework for age verification that maps where checks could occur while weighing privacy, security, and human rights impacts.
A Shield in Uncertain Times: The Role of Encryption
Encryption keeps us safe in uncertain times.
The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet
Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading across the Atlantic, where politicians see a ready-made tool for censorship and control.