Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 1:37 pm
The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa
has told a parliamentary select committee it supports a bill
giving effect to the Government’s Christchurch Call
commitment (a commitment by several governments and
technology companies to eliminate terrorist and violent
extremist content online) but recommends that the details of
the proposed web filter system should be set out in
legislation, not regulations.
The Films, Videos, and
Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification
of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment
Bill will amend the 2013 Act as part of a wider government
programme to address violent extremism online.