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The Christchurch Call summit was initiated by Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Adern in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings to “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.”[1][2] Prime Minister Jacinda Adern and President Emmanuel Macron of France co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action Summit in Paris on 12 May 2019 where world leaders and tech companies signed a pledge to "eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online".[3]

The Pledge

The meeting of World leaders and representatives from leading tech companies resulted in 17 signatories signing the non-binding agreement to create an action plan for the future.[4][5] The pledge is non-binding and consists of three sections or commitments: one for governments, one for online service providers and one for the how the two can work together.[6][7]

Signatories

The signatories to the Christchurch Call include the European Commission, Governments from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom; and the following online service providers: Amazon_(company), Daily Motion, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Qwant, Twitter, YouTube.[8] The White house declined to attend[9] while agreeing 'with the overarching message of the Christchurch Call for Action' and 'endorsing the overall goals'.[10]

External Links

References

  1. ^ "NZ and France seek to end use of social media for acts of terrorism". Beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Core group of world leaders to attend Jacinda Ardern-led Paris summit". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. ^ "The Christchurch Call to Action". Document Cloud. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Tech companies and 17 govts sign up to Christchurch Call". Radio NZ. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Christchurch Call". Christchurch Call. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Christchurch Call pledge document in full". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Christchurch Call". Christchurch Call. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Tech companies and 17 govts sign up to Christchurch Call". Radio NZ. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. ^ Romm, Tony; Harwell, Drew. "White House declines to back Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concerns". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  10. ^ Cooke, Henry. "US snubs Christchurch Call tech pledge, but says it endorses 'overall goals'". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2019.