Significant progress made on eliminating terrorist content online
World leaders and tech companies have announced significant progress on the implementation of the Christchurch Call to Action to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online at a meeting held at the United Nations in New York today.
Christchurch Call to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist online content adopted
French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have led a group of world leaders, tech companies and organisations to adopt a pledge that seeks to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online to stop the internet being used as a tool for terrorists.
The Christchurch Call Story
The Christchurch Call arose out of the livestreaming of a horrific terrorist event in New Zealand.
The Christchurch Call Commitments
This page has the full text of the commitments supporters make when joining the Christchurch Call.
NZ and France seek to end use of social media for acts of terrorism
New Zealand and France announced today that the two nations will bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism.