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Brighter spotlight on far-right YouTubers Newsroom 2 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom The past two weeks have seen far-right YouTubers placed under the microscope, with police investigating one and another suspended from his job, Marc Daalder reports For years, Christchurch-based far-right extremist Lee Williams has uploaded videos rife with racism and conspiracy theories without consequence. In a matter of days, in May, that all came crashing down. Williams runs the CrossTheRubicon YouTube channel, where he has referenced the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which posits that Jewish el...

Auckland man on trial accused of possessing ISIS material before buying hunting knife 18 May, 2021 11:50 PM 4 minutes to read The trial is being held in the High Court at Auckland. Photo / File WARNING: Graphic content An Aucklander is on trial accused of possessing publications promoting acts of terrorism before later buying a hunting knife. The man, who was a resident at an Auckland mosque at the time of the alleged offences, faces three charges of possessing an objectionable publication relating to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and...

WARNING: Graphic content An Aucklander is on trial accused of possessing publications promoting acts of terrorism before later buying a hunting knife. The

Ardern says she is glad the US is on board. "It's something that we have been working on from the very beginning [having the US involved]....social media platforms are not a place for violent extremists and terrorists. Right from the beginning the United States has been involved, they have been working closely with us, they just haven't signed on." She would not say whether it was Trump's influence which caused the hold up from the US. "It's not for me to explain the decision making of the United States," she told The AM Show. "It's fair to say that certainly this [Biden] administration has s...

Filtering bill gives the Govt a 'blank cheque' to censor the internet, opponents say 7 Apr, 2021 05:40 AM 8 minutes to read Proposed internet filtering legislation has been described as too vague. Photo / 123RF Internet filtering legislation currently before Parliament is impractical, and gives the government "blank cheque" powers to censor the internet, opponents say. The internet filtering bill - officially the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment Bill - is being shepherded th...