The Caucus opened with Cuba’s speech, claiming the internet is a privilege. The UK and the US pushed back on the basis that access to all of the internet is fundamental to many other internationally recognized human rights. The PRC, the Russian Federation (Russia), the Commonwealth of Australia (Australia), and the Republic of Tunisia (Tunisia) recognized the internet as a right, but pushed for varying degrees of controls and regulations.
After returning to the GSL, Cuba and Tunisia continued to push for censoring criticism of elected officials. This was followed by an unmoderated caucus of 10 minutes proposed by the delegate of Cuba (later extended by half), which revolved around Tunisia’s working paper, now formally introduced as Working Paper 1 (WP1). Further discussion on the GSL following the unmod included an endorsement of WP1 by Russia, a rejection of WP1 by the UK (which was directly targeted both in WP1 and in a speech by Cuba). The PRC supported Clause 8 of WP1, while disagreeing on Clause 9.
Towards the tail end of the session another moderated caucus took place, previously proposed by Australia, now by the UK on the topic of what content should be moderated online and for whom. The UK proposed cracking down on the dark web and protecting children, the US and Australia called for restricting access to certain sites for minors, Cuba wanted to silence all criticism of elected officials, while the Republic of India (India) and the Republic of Botswana (Botswana) wanted to protect religious freedom on the internet. The PRC suggested nationalization of social media to be able to enforce regulations.
In the last part of the session focus returned to WP1, which has proven controversial with many delegates due to its extreme nature. The delegate of Tunisia (author of WP1), called for nations who disagree to propose an alternative paper in order to have a battle of ideas.