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Jacinda Ardern leads effort to curb online extremism

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New Zealand and France will host a summit aimed at curbing the use of social media to promote terrorism.
New Zealand and France will lead efforts to stop the use of social media to organise and promote terrorism in the wake of the Christchurch attacks.
A gunman killed 50 people in an attack on two mosques in March, while live-streaming the massacre on Facebook.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she would co-chair a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on 15 May.
The aim is to get countries and tech firms to agree to a pledge to eliminate terrorist content online.
Ms Ardern told Radio New Zealand she had already spoken to a handful of chief executives about the pledge – known as the “Christchurch Call” – including Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg.

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