AI regulation in Nauru (2026)

Nauru has enacted no legislation, executive order, or formal policy document specifically governing artificial intelligence. No national AI strategy has been adopted or publicly proposed.

Nauru's official National Digital Transformation Strategy 2025–2030 sets out priorities for digital inclusion, e-government, cybersecurity, and foundational digital legislation, but contains no AI-specific governance provisions or AI readiness targets.

Nauru currently lacks data protection and privacy legislation, which researchers identify as a critical enabling prerequisite for any future AI governance framework. The NNDTS lists data protection law as a planned future initiative.

The August 2024 AI Asia Pacific Institute report covering 16 Pacific Island nations (including Nauru) found no active AI strategy among any of them and described AI governance readiness as weak region-wide, with efforts directed at broader ICT and digital infrastructure rather than AI-specific regulation.

Nauru's most recent notable digital-governance legislation created the Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority to regulate cryptocurrency, digital banking, and Web3 services — not AI. This underscores that AI regulation has not yet entered the legislative agenda.

Nauru is not a member of the OECD and has not been recorded as a signatory to or participant in any multilateral AI governance instrument (e.g., UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation implementation, OECD AI Principles adoption). Its Digital Watch Observatory profile records no AI-specific policy activity.