If "Extremism" means opposing Islamic Totalitarianism, then most sane citizens are "Extremists" with quotation marks.
If "Extremism" is legally codified as opposing Islamic Totalitarianism, then THE GOVERNMENTS ARE THE EXTREMISTS.
The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques, saying free-speech concerns prevented the White House from formally signing onto the largest campaign to date targeting extremism online.
The “Christchurch Call," unveiled at an international gathering in Paris, commits foreign countries and tech giants to be more vigilant about the spread of hate on social media. It reflects heightened global frustrations with the inability of Facebook, Google and Twitter to restrain hateful posts, photos and videos that have spawned real-world violence.
Leaders from across the globe, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Jordan’s King Abdullah II, pledged to counter online extremism, including through new regulation, and to "encourage media outlets to apply ethical standards when depicting terrorist events online.”
Companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter, meanwhile, said they’d work more closely to ensure their sites don’t become conduits for terrorism. They also committed to accelerated research and information sharing with governments in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was among those who attended.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
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"encourage media outlets to apply ethical standards when depicting terrorist events online.”
What this means is that when another incident occurs such as what happened in Sri Lanka, it will be presented as "parents and children enjoying a weekend in a large recreation center were killed by unknown assailants."
"Muslims targeted Christians" will disappear from the reports of these events.
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