Microsoft president Brad Smith has urged India and the U.S. to join the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. He also emphasised the need to train more professionals to cope with these threats.
- The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace is a nonbinding declaration that calls for states, the private sector, and civil society organizations to work together to promote security in cyberspace, counter disinformation, and address new threats endangering citizens and infrastructure.
- French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call in 2018 during the Internet Governance Forum held at UNESCO and the Paris Peace Forum.
- It is based around nine common principles to secure cyberspace, which act as as many areas for discussion and action.
- So far, 79, nearly 350 international, civil society and public sector organizations, as well as more than 700 private sector entities have endorsed the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace.
