Free speech has potentially been taken down another peg in NZ with a woman arrested for a Facebook post about the Christchurch shootings. The woman has been arrested on suspicion of "inciting racial disharmony" after a message was posted to her Facebook page. She faces a maximum penalty of three months’ imprisonment or a NZ$7000 fine and living in a society that condemns free speech. However, given the recent ruling in Australia that 'Muslim' is not a 'race' she may get off given that the law she is accused of breaking is of one who “publishes or distributes written matter which is threatening, abusive, or insulting” to other people . This means that it may very well be legal at this time to insult people of a specific religion.
Decades ago they relied on neighbors to find subversives; now they just check social media.
[Ed.: The above is a paraphrase of the linked-to story, not a direct quote, and with submitter's editorialising left in. -- FP (honouring people's right to free speech ;-) )]
Also covered by the NZ Herald.
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Friday March 29 2019, @11:54PM (3 children)
Maybe Tarrant didn't submit his plans properly to the appropriate law enforcement agencies?Maybe with his Trump sympathies, his document was formatted 8 by 11.5 instead of a serious size like A4. Nobody can take that seriously.
More seriously, law enforcement probably didn't find out because Tarrant didn't tell them.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @01:54AM (2 children)
Then what are we paying the Five Eyes to be doing?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @03:04AM
Spying on American sheeple. And viceversa.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 30 2019, @03:44AM
Spend the money we give them. And since they've failed in this case, they'll probably be given more money.