Tech Firms and Governments Formulated Their Response to March’s New Zealand Terror Attack

The Christchurch Call to Action is a 9-point plan aimed at terrorist and violent extreme content

Tech giants Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter joined 17 national governments and the European Union in signing up for the Christchurch Call to Action, which is aimed at taking the necessary steps to eliminate online terrorist and violent extreme content.

The initiative was revealed at a meeting in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

The U.S. was not one of those 17 countries, with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy saying in a statement that while it supports the overall goals of the Christchurch Call to Action, it is not currently in a position to join the endorsement.

Saying that it continues to be proactive in its efforts to counter online terrorist content while maintaining freedom of expression and freedom of the press, the government organization said, “We will continue to engage governments, industry and civil society to counter terrorist content...

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