The Internet Architecture Board has provided formal input to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, calling for the Zero Draft to reinforce the multistakeholder model at the core of Internet governance, explicitly recognise the role of the technical and academic communities, and avoid shifting toward a multilateral framing that risks sidelining key contributors. The IAB also stresses the need for multistakeholder approaches in AI governance, greater coordination across digital governance domains and a permanent mandate for the IGF.

Access Now has submitted detailed input to the WSIS+20 Elements Paper, urging negotiators to ground the Zero Draft firmly in international human rights law, renew and strengthen the IGF mandate, and reinforce the multistakeholder model at the centre of global digital governance. The organisation highlights WSIS’s core achievements, identifies persistent human rights risks and structural inequalities, and calls for stronger safeguards on surveillance, shutdowns, platform power, and digital inclusion.