The head of the Christchurch Call says the global initiative has made it harder for people to weaponise the internet. Photo: JOHN NORMILEAn 18 year old live-streamed himself shooting more than a dozen mostly-black people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, yesterday. He told RNZ the Buffalo attack was not able to go "viral" because of new online tools introduced and supported through the Christchurch Call. Ash said this was in part due to the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) quickly activating its "content incident protocol" when the attack appeared online. "So I don't know we're at the point of a steady state yet where it's not going to be possible for actors to carry out these acts and look to put content online but there have been really significant shifts."

Source: Stuff May 16, 2022 06:18 UTC