After the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand's history was live-streamed, then-prime minister Jacinda Ardern made it her mission to eliminate violent and extremist material from the internet.
The service had been live-streamed and so when authorities declared they were treating the attack as an alleged act of terrorism, versions of that video that were circulating online became class 1 material, or material of abhorrent violent conduct. The Christchurch massacre was live-streamed and watched by more than 4,000 people before the feed was shut down by social media platforms.There has been no shortage of criticism from across the political aisle levelled at tech billionaire Elon Musk for refusing to take down graphic footage in a Sydney church. But this spat is about more than just free speech; it's about power.
"We remain in contact and are discussing with Australian officials and our civil society advisory network what advice and practical support the Call community can provide." "Within the first 24 hours, 1.5 million copies of the video had been taken down from the platform. There was one upload per second to YouTube in the first 24 hours."
"On the tech side, there were some really key principles that were pulled together. I remember having to fly to San Francisco. We had a meeting actually at Twitter's headquarters on Market Street, and we had all the different general counsels and chief legal officers and public policy folks from all the companies that signed on," Ms Hinesley said.
"And be able to eradicate that content that had been verified as terrorist or violent extremist content, so illegal in the jurisdictions that we operate within and be able to take that down en masse." Of the 7,500 people who worked at Twitter, Mr Musk laid off about half of them, including experts in content moderation and the head of legal, policy and trust Vijaya Gadde.The team who had made commitments under the Christchurch Call — including founder Jack Dorsey — was no longer in the building.
"In the case of Meta, eSafety was satisfied with its compliance because Meta quickly removed the material identified in the notice," the office's release said.
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