Since then,more than 50 countries,international organisations and tech firms have supported the initiative including Facebook,Google,Twitter,Microsoft and Amazon.
“The existence of algorithms themselves is not necessarily the problem,it’s whether or not they are ethically used. That is probably the biggest focus for the community over the next year alongside expanding the network itself,” Ardern said after the forum.
She said major tech firms had expressed a real desire at the forum to use algorithms for positive interventions. However,she did not elaborate on how firms would change the use of algorithms that drive harmful content and lead to radicalisation.
Ardern said part of the solution also came in better equipping a younger generation of internet users to have the skills to deal with radical content and disinformation when they encountered it online.
The Christchurch Call was joined for the first time by the United States,which made a policy change two years after the administration offormer president Donald Trump declined to participate citing free speech concerns.
The event was attended by global leaders including Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.