Twitter will continue in Call: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed Twitter will continue to participate in the Christchurch Call, after meeting with the company’s new chief executive, Elon Musk.

Macron met with Musk during his visit to the US, where the company’s continued participation in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Christchurch Call came up.

‘‘Elon Musk confirmed Twitter’s participation in the Christchurch Call,’’ Macron wrote on Twitter on Saturday (NZ time).

‘‘There is no place for terrorist and violent extremist content anywhere.’’ The confirmation comes amid concerns over the direction of Twitter, after billionaire Musk took control in October. Musk quickly shook up things at the company, drastically cutting staff numbers.

International media have reported that far right groups previously banned from the platform have been able to open new accounts since Musk’s takeover. And in November, clips from the video from the Christchurch mosque attacks were uploaded to Twitter. It failed to detect them as harmful.

Ardern has made stopping violent extremism online a signature issue in the wake of the March 15 terror attacks, when worshippers at two Christchurch mosques were shot during their prayers. The gunman streamed the mass shooting online.

In the weeks after the 2019 terror attack, Ardern – with French president Emmanuel Macron – led a Christchurch Call to Action leaders summit in 2019.

More than 120 countries and international organisations have supported the call, including the United States, which joined last year. It means they have signed up to 24 voluntary calls to action.

In September, Ardern announced funding for new research into how algorithms affect people’s online experiences, the first project under the Christchurch Call.