(AFP) New Zealand’s leader Jacinda Ardern will join other world leaders in launching a “Christchurch call” to curb online extremism at an international meeting in Paris on Wednesday, following the worst mass killing in her country’s recent history.
Participants will be asked to commit to pledges to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content on social media and other online platforms.
The move was prompted by the massacre in March at two Christchurch mosques by a self-described white supremacist, who broadcast live footage on Facebook from a head-mounted camera as he gunned down 51 people.
Arden has been the driving force behind the Paris summit, co-hosted with French President Emmanuel Macron, following the tragedy.
