Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter are working together.
President Emmanuel Macron launches the Call of Christchurch to act against terrorism and violent extremism online in the presence of Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have agreed on a nine-point plan of action following a meeting with world leaders and tech firms in Paris named the Christchurch Call to Action.and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was in response to the terror attack on mosques in Christchurch in March, in which 51 people were killed.Prime Minister Theresa May was among the world leaders at the meeting.However, the White House said on Wednesday that the US will not be backing the plans.
‘Additionally, we are sharing concrete steps we will take that address the abuse of technology to spread terrorist content, including continued investment in technology that improves our capability to detect and remove this content from our services, updates to our individual terms of use, and more transparency for content policies and removals.
The five companies have each agreed to individually update their terms of use to expressly prohibit the distribution of such content, as well as establishing new tools to make it easier for users to report violent content. The agreement also includes pledges to invest in new technology to better find and remove inappropriate posts, as well introduce new checks on livestreams and publish regular transparency reports.
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