New independent watchdog to keep extremists off internet

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The leaders of New Zealand and France are backing a watchdog organization aimed at keeping internet platforms from being used by extremists -- and preparing speedy responses to future attacks.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday the Global Forum to Counter Terrorism, which was established in 2017 by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube after terrorist attacks with internet links, is being turned into an independent organization.

The killings of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15 were broadcast live on Facebook, drawing outrage and fueling debate on how to better regulate social media. He said scientists are working on technology to stop violent attacks from being broadcast live on the internet. The British government says it'll fund data-science experts to work on an algorithm to improve the detection of violent and harmful videos.

Ardern said the independent forum's goals include improving the capacity of technology companies to prevent and respond to abuse of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists, and to fund research on their online operations.

 

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Censoring freedom of thought, expression and speech.

Good luck with that xD pushing people out of the public eye, forcing them under ground into an echo chamber, will only allow them too grow and their opinions become more jaded. The best weapon against hate speech, has historically been more speech.

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