New Zealand Government Seeking To Expand Its Internet Censorship Powers

New Zealand Government Seeking To Expand Its Internet Censorship Powers

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200528/12354244599/new-zealand-government-seeking-to-expand-internet-censorship-powers.shtml

New Zealand has been in the censorship business for years, but the government appears to believe it's still not doing enough censoring. Legislation stemming from the government's reaction to the live-streamed Christchurch shooting seeks to expand its ability to block content it deems to be objectionable. In most cases, this means content related to terrorism or violent extremism. But the livestreaming of a mass shooting has created an open-ended definition for the government to work with in conjunction with its criminalization of this act.

Newsroom has written up a very thorough examination of the proposed law, with this chilling bit found all the way at the end of its article.