LEFT-WING NAIVETY is nothing new, but its power to astound and enrage has not diminished. The scorn heaped upon the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) for failing to intercept a recent threat to the Christchurch Muslim community is a case in point.
The official version of this event has the Police receiving a tip-off from a member of the public. Someone who just happened to be hanging-out in the digital neighbourhood of 4-Chan’s most dangerous white supremacists stumbled, quite accidentally, upon plans to car-bomb the two mosques attacked by Brenton Tarrant in 2019, and like any public-spirited citizen, he called the cops.
Christchurch mosque threats: Blocking 4chan website used by white supremacists should be priority - expert
7 Mar, 2021 12:01 AM
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A 27-year-old man appeared in court on Friday charged with threatening to kill worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch after allegedly making threats on online platform 4chan. Photo / 123rf
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Intelligence agencies in New Zealand are being urged to do a better job at blocking a website commonly used by white supremacists.
It comes as a warning from intelligence expert Paul Buchanan, who says a ban on the website 4chan is not foolproof, after a threat aimed at two Christchurch mosques was posted on the site this week.
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