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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern here in front of students in Christchurch on March 20, 2019. She will be received at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday. REUTERS / Edgar Su

Never again. Two months to the day after the March 15 massacre that killed 51 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch, New Zealand, an appeal against the release of hate content on the web must be launched from Paris. Several heads of state and government will gather at the Elysee on Wednesday, May 15, with some of the big names of the internet, around the New Zealand premier Jacinda Ardern, behind this "Call of Christchurch".

"Karanga", a traditional Maori song, is to unite political leaders and digital bosses around the "Christchurch Call". The common ambition is to put an end to the dissemination of terrorist content on the internet.

Because the far-right fanatic Brenton Tarrant had designed his deadly attack to be broadcast live on Facebook. 17 minutes of horror, downloaded 1.5 million times in the 24 hours that followed the attack.

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" We will not be satisfied with our pain, we want action, " writes Jacinda Ardern in the New York Times .

A four-page document with seven concrete commitments is to be released at the end of the meeting. Joining Jacinda Ardern and Emmanuel Macron will be King Abdullah of Jordan, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Prime Ministers of Norway, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as Twitter's CEO Jack. Dorsey and vice president of Facebook Nick Clegg. Because without the digital bosses, nothing can be done. At the Élysée, however, we are optimistic: " Internet platforms are aware of the urgency ."

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