VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Autumn 2023
Name: Kristina Kirk, Principal Advisor, Christchurch Call Unit, New Zealand Government
Title: The Christchurch Call
Outline: This presentation will discuss the establishment and evolution of The Christchurch Call, an initiative arising as a consequence of the livestreaming of an horrific terrorist event in New Zealand in 2019. The Call outlines collective, voluntary commitments from Governments and online service providers designed to address the issue of terrorist and violent extremist content online and to prevent the abuse of the internet as occurred during and after the Christchurch attacks.