G7 summit: A Joint Declaration Against Terrorism

G7 summit A Joint Declaration Against Terrorism

The leaders of the G7, gathered Friday in Taormina, Italy, have easily found a common ground on terrorism, after the murderous attack that hit Britain, but still, have not advanced on the climate. At the end of the first day of meetings, the G7 members (United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Italy) adopted a declaration against terrorism, To mobilize more in the fight against "terrorist content".

The main novelty in this text, which was signed by all the leaders present, is this call to the various actors of the Internet so that they mobilize more in the fight against terrorism.

This was the main request of Theresa May, the British Prime Minister whose country was hit this week by an attack in Manchester. A Prime Minister who is due to return to the United Kingdom on Friday night shortening his stay here in Taormina following this attack, and who wished to remind his counterparts that this fight was passing from the battlefield to the internet.

What do the leaders of the G7 want from the Internet actors?

The G7 calls on Internet providers and social networks to substantially increase their efforts to solve the problem of terrorist content.

This text had been prepared before the summit, but the leaders present here wanted to go further, adding this reference to Internet providers and also to social networks. The G7 encourages this sector to act urgently by developing and sharing new tools to detect content that incites violence.

In this declaration, the leaders also reaffirm their willingness to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, in particular, to stop the returning European fighters. The name and nationality of these fighters will now have to be shared with other countries in order to avoid further tragedy.

The G7 summit will be extended tomorrow Saturday to five African countries, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria and Kenya to discuss the economic development of Africa and avoid the mass exodus of migrants. This Friday, off Libya, and therefore not far from the Sicilian coast, thousands of migrants in distress are reported. About 20 overloaded boats have been identified. A Libyan official recalled a day of mass exodus.