Microsoft and other tech giants form group to counter extremist content online

Tech giants are joining easily in the fight to counter fierce content online. Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter issued a joint statement today announcing The Christchurch Call – named for the recent terrorist set on in Christchurch, New Zealand – equally a group dedicated to the goal of "[eliminating] terrorist and violent extremist content online."

"The terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March were a horrifying tragedy," the companies said in a joint statement. "And so it is right that we come together, resolute in our commitment to ensure we are doing all we tin to fight the hatred and extremism that lead to terrorist violence."

The formation of the Christchurch Phone call will expand on the work the companies take already been doing through the Global Net Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). For Microsoft in item, this is the culmination of a call to action that Microsoft President Brad Smith initiated in March, shortly after the Christchurch set on.

As function of the group'south germination, the companies involved outlined a ix-footstep programme to support their mission. The program involves everything from educational activity and transparency reports to working collaboratively to develop open source and AI tools to observe and remove extremist content.

"Terrorism and violent extremism are complex societal issues that crave an all-of-society response," the companies said. "For our part, the commitments nosotros are making today volition further strengthen the partnership that Governments, gild and the engineering science industry must have to accost this threat."

This is an important step following the Christchurch assail, every bit video from the attack was posted and shared more than 1.5 million times on Facebook in the first 24 hours solitary. Every bit Smith argued in his blog mail calling for more collaboration between tech companies in the wake of the attack, competition is "indispensable to a vibrant technology sector," cooperation is necessary when circumstances like these present themselves.

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