Paris summit to push for faster removal of online extremist content
A meeting in Paris on Wednesday between social media companies and leaders from several governments, as well as officials from the EU, will hear a demand from France and New Zealand that the tech firms do more to remove violent content from appearing online.
TheThe leaders of France and New Zealand will make a joint push to eliminate acts of violent extremism from being shown online, in a meeting with tech leaders in Paris on Wednesday, reports The Associated Press.
French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will launch the “Christchurch call”, named after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in a March 15th attack on mosques.
Leaders of Britain, Canada, Ireland, European Union, Senegal, Indonesia and Jordan will attend the meeting along with representatives of Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other internet companies.
