Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC), and the UN Office of Drugs and
Crime (UNODC).
Terrorist use of ICTs
Australian works with the digital industry, regulatory agencies and
international partners to identify, analyse, and disrupt violent extremist
propaganda online. This includes increasing and optimising the channels for
public reporting, including the Report Online Extremism tool and promoting
existing channels on social media platforms; identifying content for referral
to regulatory agencies or social media platforms; and working with partner
countries to coordinate and maximise individual efforts.
Australia also partners with a communications agency to undermine the
appeal of violent extremist propaganda through the creation and curation of
content that can discredit or trigger doubt in violent extremist messaging;
promote positive messages that build trust with and within key Australian
communities; and promote legal and constructive avenues for social justice.
This includes fostering partnerships between influential individuals, groups
and creative experts to design, produce and distribute content that
challenges and promotes alternatives to violent extremism. Examples
include activities and workshops designed to engage youth and give a
greater number of people the skills to speak out against terrorist messaging
at a local level, through the media and online to foster critical debate.
Australia signed on to the Christchurch Call to Action, and following the
Christchurch attacks, Prime Minister Morrison convened the Brisbane
Summit to review priority domestic actions with industry, and as a result
established a Taskforce on Terrorist and Extreme Violent Material Online
comprising representatives from major online platforms, internet service
providers and officials.
Australia also led development and adoption of the G20 Osaka Leaders’
Statement on Preventing Exploitation of the Internet for Terrorism and
Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism (VECT). This global commitment
urged online platforms to meet citizens’ expectations that they must not
allow use of their platforms to facilitate terrorism and VECT.
Building on this momentum, Australia is advocating across multiple fora to
deepen international norms and develop common industry standards to
prevent, detect, remove and deter terrorist and violent extremist content
online. For example, it secured OECD member support to develop, in
collaboration with industry and civil society, a voluntary transparency
reporting protocol for online platforms to ensure a consistent and
comparable approach to addressing terrorist and violent extremist content.
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