14 DAY TRIAL // A pledge called "Paris call for trust and security in cyberspace" was signed by fifty states and more than 150 tech companies from all around the world as a testimony to their dedication to fighting online crime.
The document was unveiled by French President Emmanuel Macron one day "after dozens of world leaders gathered in Paris on Sunday for the centenary of the end of World War One," as reported by The Associated Press.
Among the countries that signed the document are Japan, Canada, and all EU countries, with Google, Microsoft, and Facebook being among the tech companies which promised to commit to the war on cybercrime.
Although the vast majority of U.S. government agencies and officials have expressed their opinion in recent years that the United States experienced multiple cybercrime incidents from election interference and illegal trade of secrets, the United States did not sign the document.
China and Russia are the two other states that did not want to commit to fighting online crime by signing the pledge promoted by the French President Emmanuel Macron.
The U.S. did not sign the pledge although it was targeted by multiple hacking attacks in the past few years
"Speaking at the Internet Governance Forum organized at the Paris-based U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, Macron said it’s urgent to better regulate the internet," according to The Associated Press.
Although at first sight, this looks like a simple paper signed by a lot of parties to feel good about themselves and show the world that they take cybersecurity seriously, Macron also stated that signing entities are planning to issue a set of specific measures and joint proposals designed to streamline the fight against Internet crimes.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made some statements after signing the pledge, saying that “one of the things we have to do as a society as tech leaders but also as government is reassure people that the innovation, technology ... is going to empower them in ways they will feel part of the world we’re building, of the workplaces we’re creating.”
On November 1, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a state-owned Chinese enterprise, a Taiwanese semiconductor company, as well as three Taiwanese individuals for supposedly conspiring to steal trade secrets from the U.S. semiconductor company Micron Technology, Inc.