Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will begin an unpaid role this month combating online extremism as part of the Christchurch Call, a movement she launched in 2019, after a white supremacist gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
in January, will begin an unpaid role this month combating online extremism.
Christchurch Call's goal is to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. More than 50 countries have since signed up to the Christchurch Call, including the United States, Britain, Germany and South Korea. Tech companies to sign up include Facebook parent company Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Zoom and Twitter.
"The Christchurch Call is a foreign policy priority for the government and Jacinda Ardern is uniquely placed to keep pushing forward with the goal of eliminating violent extremist content online," Hipkins said.Although she stepped down as prime minister in January, Ardern remained a lawmaker until April to avoid triggering a special election ahead of the nation's general elections in October. She is due to deliver her final valedictory speech to Parliament on Wednesday.