18 May Christ Church call to action
(GS PAPER-2, International Relations
Source- The Hindu)
Context-
The United States has announced that it will be joining Christ Church call to action against online extremism.
About-
Formation-
- Christchurch call to action was launched during the online extremism summit in Paris, France in 2019
- The Summit was co-chaired by New zealand and France
- The call is named after the New Zealand city in Christchurch, 51 members of the Muslim community were murdered in a live stream terrorist attack in 2019.
- It is a global pledge by member governments and Technology partners
- 17 countries originally signed the agreement, Another 31 countries signed the agreement later
- India is one of the member country
Section-
- It is not binding, it consists of three sections or commitment, The government, online service provider and ways in which the earlier two can work together
Measures-
- The plan commit government, international organisation and internet company to perform a range of measures
-Khyati Khare
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