Christchurch Call to Action:
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Christchurch Call to Action was launched during the Online Extremism Summit in Paris, France in 2019.
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The summit was co-chaired by New Zealand and France.
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Objective: The Christchurch Call is a global pledge by member governments and technology partners. Under this, they work together to address terrorist and violent extremist contents online.
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Named after: The call is named after the New Zealand city. In Christchurch, 51 members of the Muslim community were murdered in a live-streamed terrorist attack in 2019.
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Member Countries: Seventeen countries originally signed the agreement. Another 31 countries signed the agreement later.
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India: India is one of the member countries.