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title: "CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory Network"
description: "A 2019 CIS news item announcing that the Centre for Internet and Society's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network was accepted, listing the full network of civil society members."
categories: [Centre for Internet and Society]
date: 2019-09-25
source: "Centre for Internet and Society"
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**"CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory Network"** is a news item published by the [Centre for Internet and Society](/cis/) (CIS) on 25 September 2019, announcing that CIS's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network had been accepted, and listing the network's full civil society membership.

## Contents

1. [Article Details](#article-details)
2. [Full Text](#full-text)
3. [Context and Background](#context-and-background)
4. [External Link](#external-link)

## Article Details

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  <dt>📰 Published by:</dt>
  <dd><em>Centre for Internet and Society</em></dd>

  <dt>📅 Date:</dt>
  <dd>25 September 2019</dd>

  <dt>📄 Type:</dt>
  <dd>News item</dd>

  <dt>🔗 Original Link:</dt>
  <dd>
    <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cis-joins-the-christchurch-call-advisory-network">Read the original post</a>
  </dd>
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## Full Text

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<p>Centre for Internet & Society's application for membership of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network has been accepted! As a part of this network, we, along with other civil society groups based out of various jurisdictions, would be providing inputs on making the Call a robust, human rights-centred initiative.</p>

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<p>The Christchurch Call Advisory Network membership has been drawn from interested civil society groups, who represent a range of perspectives, including human rights, freedom of expression, digital rights, counter-radicalization, victim support and public policy. Many of the Advisory Network members have been engaged on the Christchurch Call since its launch and are committed to continuing to share their expertise.</p>

<h3>The Christchurch Call Advisory Network</h3>

<ul>
<li>Access Now</li>
<li>Africa Digital Policy Project</li>
<li>Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Article 19</li>
<li>Association for Progressive Communications</li>
<li>Brookings Institution</li>
<li>Center for Humane Technology</li>
<li>Centre for Internet and Society, India</li>
<li>Chicago Project on Security and Threats, University of Chicago</li>
<li>Committee to Protect Journalists</li>
<li>Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)</li>
<li>Dangerous Speech Project</li>
<li>Data & Society</li>
<li>Electronic Frontier Foundation</li>
<li>French National Bar Council</li>
<li>Global Disinformation Index</li>
<li>Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)</li>
<li>Global Partners Digital</li>
<li>Global Network Initiative</li>
<li>Hedayah Center</li>
<li>Human Rights Centre, UC, Berkeley School of Law</li>
<li>ICT for Peace Foundation</li>
<li>Institute for Strategic Dialogue</li>
<li>International Cyber Policy Centre (Australian Strategic Policy Institute)</li>
<li>Internet Governance Project, Georgia Tech</li>
<li>Internet NZ</li>
<li>Internet Sans Frontières</li>
<li>Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand</li>
<li>Life After Hate</li>
<li>Netsafe</li>
<li>New America's Open Technology Institute (New America Foundation)</li>
<li>NZ Council for Civil Liberties</li>
<li>Reporters Without Borders (RSF)</li>
<li>Social Media Governance Initiative, Yale Law School</li>
<li>Syrian Archive</li>
<li>Tech Against Terrorism</li>
<li>The International Muslim Association of New Zealand</li>
<li>The Internet Society</li>
<li>Tony Blair Institute for Global Change</li>
<li>Wellington Abrahamic Council of Jews, Christians, and Muslims (NZ)</li>
<li>WITNESS</li>
<li>Women's Organisation of the Waikato Muslim Association</li>
<li>Elina Noor (Visiting Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia)</li>
<li>Matthew Shears (Internet and telecommunications policy consultant)</li>
</ul>

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## Context and Background

The Christchurch Call to Action was launched on 15 May 2019 by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron, following the 15 March 2019 terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacker's livestreamed video of the killings drew international attention to the use of online platforms to distribute terrorist and violent extremist content. The Christchurch Call brought governments and technology companies together around commitments intended to address the spread of such content online while recognising the importance of a free, open and secure Internet.

The Christchurch Call Advisory Network (CCAN) emerged during 2019 as a civil society component of the initiative. It brought together organisations and individuals from civil society, academia and the technical community to provide independent advice on implementing the Call's commitments. Its areas of expertise included human rights, freedom of expression, digital rights, counter-radicalisation, victim support and public policy.

Against this background, the CIS news item announced that the Centre for Internet and Society had been accepted as a member of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network. The membership placed CIS within a network intended to bring civil society perspectives into discussions about how the Christchurch Call's commitments should be implemented.

CIS's participation is particularly relevant to its existing work on Internet governance, freedom of expression and human rights. Membership of the Advisory Network provided an opportunity for CIS to contribute its policy and civil society perspective to discussions concerning terrorist and violent extremist content online and the implications of measures addressing such content for an open and rights-respecting Internet.

The formation of the Advisory Network reflected an effort to include perspectives beyond governments and technology companies in the development and implementation of the Christchurch Call. Its stated purpose was to provide expert advice while considering both the need to address terrorist and violent extremist content and the protection of human rights and freedom of expression.

## External Link

- [CIS joins the Christchurch Call Advisory Network](https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/cis-joins-the-christchurch-call-advisory-network) on CIS website

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