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Jul 9, 2026

ITU Announces Initiative to Develop Trusted Digital Identity Frameworks

Announced at the AI for Good Global Summit on 9 July 2026, ITU launched the Focus Group on Trust and Identity for Humans and Agentic AI to develop international standards frameworks ensuring accountability and human control over autonomous AI agents.

Jul 9, 2026·1 source
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  • ▪The Focus Group aims to develop common terminology, reference architectures, trust frameworks, interoperability mechanisms, security criteria, and a standardization roadmap.
  • ▪The International Telecommunication Union is a United Nations agency for digital technologies established in 1865, comprising 194 Member States and over 1,000 member organizations.
  • ▪The Focus Group will hold its first meeting in Paris in November 2026 and its second meeting in Geneva in January 2027.

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AI privacy & data protectionDecentralized identityInternational governanceDigital identity standards

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