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  1. “When it comes to combating terrorists' misuse of the global Internet - including when we work together to improve the use of counter-narratives in the fight against terrorists and their ideologies - as long as we are anchored in the rule of law, as long as we protect and respect human rights and as long as we cooperate transparently in a way that enhances the public's trust, there is no discussion topic that should be off the table. I look forward to that discussion and to deploying new strategies.”

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  2. “Our focus is one of principled respect for freedom of expression and privacy on the global Internet. As we work together across sectors, we should also act with a certain humility, acknowledging that we do not have perfect knowledge. But we must not let that stand in the way of principled action. So my key message today is that we need more discussion, and we need exploration of new and improved ways to address the misuse of Internet communication platforms.”

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  3. “I know through my work with colleagues across the industry that the rule of law and the protection and respect for human rights are critical for all of the major Internet companies. Any plan for coordinated action must be based on that foundation. We at Microsoft have published a global human rights statement that sets forth our philosophy. We believe that active engagement in the more than 100 countries where we do business is the right approach. We were an early signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and, across the planet, we are a strong advocate for the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We are a founding member of the Global Network Initiative, and I represent Microsoft on the board of directors of that organization, which brings together companies, civil society, academics and investors.”

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  4. “There are also opportunities to improve efficiency and transparency measures, so that Governments, under the rule of law, can work more effectively with companies to pursue criminal investigations, including investigations of terrorists and violent extremists. The work with CTED presents an important new forum for sharing practices across the industry and beyond. We will share experiences, research and ideas aimed at improving the effectiveness of responses to terrorism on the Internet, while advancing the rule of law and protecting and respecting human rights. 1 would like to underscore that last point. The rule of law and the protection and respect for human rights are critical for Microsoft.”

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  5. “Already there are some interesting proposals that the new working group under the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) will explore. They include simplified, perhaps common, models and processes that can make it easier for stakeholders, including Governments, to bring to companies' attention Internet content that, on its face, violates companies' terms of use. Companies have established terms of use in order to moderate what happens in the communities that they have built, and there are opportunities for principled collaboration on the use of the terms that we have provided.”

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  6. “I have colleagues in the law field in more than 50 countries, and just last week in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft's corporate headquarters, we held the annual summit of our corporate external and legal affairs department. As Microsoft and as an industry, we uniquely appreciate that we need to be open to alternative views and solutions that work differently across the globe. As we explore alternatives, including the use of counter-narratives, whatever form they might take, we must anchor ourselves in the rule of law, including international law. We must protect timeless values, including the freedom of expression, which includes the right both to seek and to receive information, and the rights to privacy. Our activities in that realm must be principled, but they must push beyond what we are doing today.”

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  7. “But the United Nations itself has noted that those principles have never been reduced to an internationally binding instrument that sets forth definitive norms. That is no surprise, since defining lines in the area are very hard to draw. But we can broadly agree on especially harmful actors, and we can focus attention in a principled way. So the goal of public-private partnerships for addressing the terrorist use of the Internet, including through the creation and use of counter-narratives or other positive speech, should not be a search for a single right solution. The path to success will be through dialogue and learning.”

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  8. “Our focus will be to develop creative, cooperative efforts to address the challenge of terrorist use of the Internet. Of course, any effective and trustworthy public- private partnership must be grounded in transparency. We will, therefore, seek maximum transparency in that effort, and reports on the subject should be appearing in the coming year. I would, however, like to telegraph a couple of things to watch for. We have to embrace certain unfortunate truths. There is no universally accepted definition of terrorism or extremism, neither at the international level nor at the regional level. It is true that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provide international standards that point to appropriate and lawful regulation of the expression and communication of ideas.”

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  9. “Public-private partnerships can, and should, be a part of our global response to this challenge. Once one recognizes that terrorist use of the Internet is a global challenge, it becomes clear that this problem will not be solved by Internet technology companies alone, or by States, or by non-governmental organizations, acting alone. We must work in a coordinated way. That realization is what led to the formation last month of a new multi-stakeholder effort, under the umbrella of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. Meeting in Geneva, in partnership with ICT for Peace, which will serve as a coordinating function, and a range of Internet companies, Government actors, academics and civil society organizations, we came together to build a new level of understanding.”

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  10. “Microsoft services and Microsoft the company are different from Google, which is different from Facebook, which is different from Twitter. All of us differ in significant ways. We compete fiercely - at times incredibly fiercely * but we have come together before when we have seen our platforms abused. Perhaps the best example of our joint work as an industry is cooperation on a global scale to combat child sex abuse material. As we think about addressing the challenge of terrorist abuse of our services, the Internet technology industry is similarly united. We unanimously condemn terrorism. To respond more effectively, we need to find better paths forward, paths that all stakeholders can walk together. In today's discussion, I especially want to underscore the potential of public-private partnerships.”

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  11. “The industry is built on the idea that by enabling communication, we can unleash human potential. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Nothing could be more in conflict with the aspirations of our industry than the misuse of our technologies to spread violence, to destroy and to kill. As we look at the challenge today, where do we find ourselves? I think it is important to understand that when we talk about what companies can do and should do, we need to keep in mind that there is no monolithic information and communication technologies (ICT) industry. If you consider the big players on the global stage, actually we are a collection of companies who offer different technologies and different platforms.”

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  12. “I think it is important to ground any discussion about the future work together and the future of the global Internet in a clear understanding of the past and the present. One comment on the past: it is an obvious, but easily overlooked, historical fact that what we know today as the Internet was conceived in trust. Initial sharing technologies assumed well-intentioned people working proactively together for good ends. It evolved from connections among research facilities. Of course, the Internet, once released to the world, quickly attracted bad actors. Any technology can be used either for good or for evil. That was true of fire - think of arson - of gunpowder and of the printing press. It is true also of our information technology products and platforms.”

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  13. “Another company in our sector has noted that every day their 1.6 billion users across the globe submit 1 million reports ofobjectionable postings across all their content categories. The point is that there is no single elegant solution. If there were, industry would have adopted it. There is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the Internet. Microsoft, like others in the industry - but I can only speak for Microsoft - approaches the challenge of terrorism and violent extremism on the Internet from the perspective of a technology company with global reach, and with aspirations that are just as ambitious. Terrorist abuse of Internet platforms is a complicated topic.”

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  14. “As a representative from the Internet and communications technology sector, the question I will address is: "As understanding of effective counter- messaging evolves, how can we best work together?" For the industry, those of us in the Internet business, the scale of the terrorist challenge is daunting. Drawing just from public sources, we know that there are tens of thousands of terrorist Internet accounts that refuse to die. As one is taken down, another quickly springs up in its place. Account names and identifiers change. Content is edited. But terrorist propaganda and communication continue. Within 15 minutes of the Paris attacks of 13 November, there were 7,500 tweets. Within two weeks, there were 1 million views of videos on the Internet praising the attacks.”

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  15. “Mr. Crown: Microsoft welcomes this opportunity to contribute to this important discussion. I should say that others, such as Mr. Afifi, academics, educators and civil society organizations across the globe, are more expert on the precise narratives and ideologies of modern terrorist groups. I do not presume to know what constitutes the most effective messaging to change minds or to keep minds from being bent towards terrorism. But I do understand deeply the challenge that Internet companies face in dealing with the phenomenon of terrorism, and I hope that my comments will help us find a principled way forward.”

    2016-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7690 (2016) · source