 In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, New Zealand says it will work with France in an effort to stop social media from being used to promote terrorism and violent extremism.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will co-chair a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 15 to have world leaders and CEOs of tech companies agree to a pledge, called the Christchurch Call, to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. A lone gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15, while livestreaming the massacre on Facebook. Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, has been charged with 50 counts of murder for the mass shooting. "It's critical that technology platforms like Facebook are not perverted as a tool for terrorism, and instead become part of a global solution to countering extremism," Ardern said in the statement. |
