{"id":185364,"date":"2019-03-18T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=185364"},"modified":"2019-03-21T07:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:24:32","slug":"new-zealand-threatens-10-years-in-prison-for-possessing-mosque-shooting-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=185364","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Threatens 10 Years In Prison For \u2018Possessing\u2019 Mosque Shooting Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Zero Hedge \u2013 March 17, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">New Zealand authorities have reminded citizens that they face up to 10 years in prison for \u201cknowingly\u201d possessing a copy of the New Zealand mosque shooting video \u2013 and up to 14 years in prison for sharing it. Corporations (such as web hosts) face an additional $200,000 ($137,000 US) fine under the same law.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FB-livestream_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-185365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FB-livestream_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FB-livestream_0.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FB-livestream_0-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FB-livestream_0-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Terrorist Brenton Tarrant used Facebook Live to broadcast the first 17 minutes of his attack on the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand at approximately 1:40 p.m. on Friday \u2013 the first of two mosque attacks which left 50 dead and 50 injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Copies of Tarrant\u2019s livestream, along with his lengthy manifesto, began to rapidly circulate on various file hosting sites following the attack, which as we noted Friday \u2013 were quickly scrubbed from mainstream platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Scribd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">YouTube has gone so far as to intentionally disable search filters so that people cannot find Christchurch shooting materials \u2013 including footage of suspected multiple shooters as well as the arrest of Tarrant and other suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Saturday, journalist Nick Monroe reported that New Zealand police have warned citizens that they face imprisonment for distributing the video, while popular New Zealand Facebook group Wellington Live notes that \u201cNZ police would like to remind the public that it is an offence to share an objectional publication which includes the horrific video from yesterday\u2019s attack. If you see this video, report it immediately. Do not download it. Do not share it. If you are found to have a copy of the video or to have shared it, you face fines &amp; potential imprisonment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmon1112\/status\/1106987664903933953<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We would also like to remind the public that it is an offence to distribute an objectionable publication and that is punishable by imprisonment. <\/p>\n<p>Once again I want to reassure the public that a large Police presence remains in the city for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nzpolice\/status\/1106636796941623296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dissenter blocked in New Zealand<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Along with the censorship of online materials and investigation of content sharing platforms such as BitChute and 8chan \u2013 where the shooter posted a link to the livestream of his attack, social discussion service Dissenter has been blocked in New Zealand. Created by the people behind Twitter competitor Gab.ai \u2013 Dissenter is a browser extension which pops up a third-party comments section for any website where people can discuss content outside of the control of the website owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/getongab\/status\/1107043863036723200<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Update: Shortly after this article published, we were informed that ZeroHedge is unable to be reached by Votafone customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well I just turned on the VPN and Zerohedge is now available. So there we have it &#8211; censorship is in full swing here in New Zealand! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2VPDsZNLb\">pic.twitter.com\/o2VPDsZNLb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VOOM&#39;S OFFICIAL OFFICE of the PRESIDENT-ELECT (@kylenz99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenz99\/status\/1107080253573226496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Milo banned<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Meanwhile, far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from Australia in the wake of the New Zealand shootings after he said on Facebook that attacks like Christchurch happen because \u201cthe establishment panders to and mollycoddles extremist leftism and barbaric, alien religious cultures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Australia\u2019s immigration minister, David Coleman, said in a Saturday statement that Yiannopoulos\u2019s comments were \u201cappalling and forment hatred and division,\u201d adding \u201cMilo Yiannopoulos will not be allowed to enter Australia for his proposed tour this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>UK man arrested<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While the Christchurch attacks were utterly reprehensible, supporting them is now punishable in the United Kingdom. On Saturday afternoon, a 24-year-old man from Oldham was arrested on suspicion of sending malicious communications in support of the mosque attacks. It is unclear what he is alleged to have written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Greater Manchester Police said in a statement that they \u201cbecame aware of a post on social media making reference and support for the terrible events in New Zealand,\u201d adding \u201cPolice have made urgent enquiries and a man aged 24 from the Oldham area is now under arrest on suspicion of sending malicious communications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIt is clear that people are worried and we really understand that\u2026 It is truly terrible what happened yesterday. It is hard to put into any form of words,\u201d said Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson, who added \u201cWe have nothing to suggest any threat locally, but none of this can diminish how people feel and that is why we want to be there to offer more support at this difficult time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-03-16\/nz-threatens-10-years-prison-possessing-mosque-shooting-video-web-hosts-warned\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web hosts warned, &#8216;Dissenter&#8217; banned \u2013 are they trying to hide something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=185364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185367,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185364\/revisions\/185367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=185364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=185364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=185364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}