A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to re...
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and current chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism , give a news conference on the sidelines during the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Yana Paskova
Ardern has pushed for stronger action since New Zealand’s worst peacetime mass shooting in March, when a gunman attacked Muslims attending Friday prayers in Christchurch. He killed 51 people and broadcast the attack live on Facebook. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism was created in 2017 under pressure from U.S. and European governments after a spate of deadly attacks. It will now become an independent organization led by an executive director, funded by Facebook Inc, Google’s YouTube, Twitter Inc and Microsoft Corp.
Ardern said some of the group’s work would be to fund and coordinate academic research on terrorism and violent extremist operations and on best practices for data sharing.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How Snapchat Became The Best-Performing Tech Stock In 2019SNAP is up almost 200% this year by skleb1234
Read more »
The highest-paying job in the US pays over $190,000, and it's not in techThe highest-paid workers in the country are more likely to wear a white coat than the Silicon Valley uniform of a hoodie and jeans. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Read more »
China Moves to Increase Oversight of Tech CompaniesThe eastern Chinese technology hub of Hangzhou will assign government representatives to work within 100 local companies in a new indication of the Chinese government’s increasingly close monitoring of private companies.
Read more »
Former Texas Tech and NBA player Andre Emmett fatally shot in DallasTexas Tech basketball coach Chris Beard described Emmett as a 'Tech legend' and 'arguably the best player in program history' in a video Monday.
Read more »