Emmanuel Macron spends the weekend at Fort de Brégançon (Var), from where he will meet on Friday evening by videoconference the leaders who signed the “
Christchurch call
” against terrorist and extremist content online, said the Elysee, confirming information from Nice-Matin and Var-Matin.
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With the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, he "
will take stock of the progress made
" to get digital platforms to block this content, two years to the day after the massacre in Christchurch (New Zealand). The "
Christchurch appeal
" was launched by the two leaders after this massacre which left 51 people dead in two mosques. Equipped with a camera, the killer had filmed his murders live, the images of which had been shared on the internet and widely disseminated.
This movement, which aims to prevent the dissemination of images or content produced by terrorist groups during attacks, has led in particular to a reform of the World Internet Forum against Terrorism (GIFCT), initially founded by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter. and YouTube, and has now become a place of exchange between governments and Internet players to block the dissemination of terrorist content.
Last Friday, the United States announced to join this movement which Donald Trump had refused to join.
According to the Élysée, this initiative now involves 52 states, the European Commission, ten large companies and global internet platforms and several dozen civil society associations.
