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) by deimtee on Saturday March 30 2019, @12:53AM
No, that was the other kid. (Name suppressed by the court).
He's in jail (no bail) for commenting "target aquired" and for sharing the banned video. It doesn't specify if those were two separate things or if he commented on the video.
I think he'll get off if he fights it, he shared it on the day of the shooting before it was banned.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.