The Paris Peace Forum which began on Thursday features five of these great "calls" or forums for discussion.

"We are forming a coalition of goodwill, with strong enough pressure on each other to try to prototype good rules, and find effective and democratic solutions," the French ambassador for digital told AFP. Henri Verdier.

Paris call for trust and cybersecurity in cyberspace

Launched during the first Paris Peace Forum in November 2018, this call is now supported by the United States, announced Thursday the American Vice-President Kamala Harris.

US Vice-President Kamala Harris at the Paris Peace Forum, November 11, 2021 Ludovic MARIN AFP

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, also indicated that the EU is behind the call, which now has 80 states, more than 700 companies and 400 governmental organizations, or nearly 1,200 signatories in total.

On the State side, the appeal affirms that international law, and in particular international humanitarian law, applies in cyberspace.

On the business side, the Paris appeal affirms, for example, the prohibition of "hack-back", the fact that a company must not respond itself in the event of a computer attack.

The participants in the call are working today in particular on a "cyberspace security index", which would make it possible to identify dangerous areas and unreliable actors, said Mr. Verdier.

Christchurch Appeal Against Violent Extremism Online

In 2019, the images taken by the perpetrator of the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand (51 dead in two mosques) remained available online for several hours.

The Christchurch appeal, launched soon after by New Zealand and France, notably helped to reform the Global Internet Forum against Terrorism (GIFCT), making it more independent from the large founding companies (Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube).

The GICFT crisis management protocol has been revised to speed up the retrieval of images in the event of a crisis.

A mobile phone whose screen displays several applications dedicated to social networks Odd ANDERSEN AFP / Archives

"On the second anniversary last May" of the Christchurch call, "we launched new working groups. For example, we convinced companies that we needed to talk about the possible role of algorithms in radicalization," said Henri Verdier.

Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence

Launched after the 2019 G7 in Biarritz at the initiative of France and Canada, the global partnership for artificial intelligence aims to produce recommendations from the scientific community to governments for this technology to develop in the service of humanity. , by avoiding ethical slippages.

The partnership, of which France takes the presidency this week, brings together 19 states, according to the Elysee.

But he went to seek for his work "the best researchers in the world in all countries", including China, indicates Henri Verdier.

The partnership was to make its first report Thursday evening to Emmanuel Macron and other political leaders present at the Peace Forum.

The partnership for information and democracy

This partnership launched by France and Reporters Without Borders in Biarritz in 2019 today brings together 43 states, according to the Elysee.

He has already published recommendations in the fight against "infodemics" and on the "economic sustainability of journalism in the digital age".

The partnership is now preparing an International Observatory on Information and Democracy, which will regularly publish a report on "the evolution of the global information space".

Protecting children on the internet

Emmanuel Macron launched on Thursday evening a new "call to action to defend the rights of the child in the digital environment", and protect him from dangerous content linked in particular to pornography, human trafficking or cyber-harassment.

He "that standards are harmonized at European and world level", "that we have commitments from major platforms" and "regulators to implement rules", indicated the French president.

A computer keyboard Chris Delmas AFP / Archives

Thursday evening, the Elysee Palace announced that 7 states so far supported the appeal (Argentina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Morocco), as well as several large digital platforms (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube ...), and many non-governmental organizations (e-Enfance, WeProtect Global Alliance, Save the Children, Observatory of parenthood and digital education ...)

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