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mmmirele3/22/2019 8:32:40 pm PDT

Don’t know if this was reported, I heard it on BBC World when I was running errands earlier:

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Hoping to limit the spread of hateful ideas attributed to the suspect accused of the Christchurch killings, New Zealand classified his so-called manifesto as “objectionable” on Saturday, making it a crime to possess or distribute it anywhere in the country.

“People who have downloaded this document, or printed it, should destroy any copies,” said David Shanks, the chief censor in New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs.

nytimes.com

I have slightly mixed emotions. I do think that scholars of hate groups should be able to look at it, if only to separate out the shitposting. Also, as an American, the idea of having a “chief censor” gives me the willies. But I do understand why the NZ government is doing this.