Jacinda Ardern takes on role tackling online extremism

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has taken on a role tackling violent extremism online. The news follows her resignation as prime minister in January.

She will take on an unpaid role as special envoy for the Christchurch Call, an initiative which she co-founded in 2019 to bring together countries and technology companies to combat extremism following the Christchurch attack in March 2019, in which 51 people were killed.

Current prime minister, Chris Hipkins, said: "The Christchurch Call is a foreign policy priority for the government and Jacinda Ardern is uniquely placed to keep pushing forward with the goal of eliminating violent extremist content online.

"Terrorist and violent extremist content online is a global issue, but for many in New Zealand it is also very personal."

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