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Massive protests – not good for tourism in a peaceful country like New Zealand. After the United States got caught spying on citizens, New Zealand is now proposing to do it openly. Massive protests – not good for tourism in a peaceful country like New Zealand. After the United States got caught spying on citizens, New Zealand is now proposing to do it openly. Thousands of people have protested across New Zealand against the new surveillance bill that would enable the country’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) to spy on its citizens. The protests were held in 11 cities and towns, with the strongest turnouts in Auckland and Wellington, showing the growing level of New Zealanders’ concern over the GCSB bill, the NZ Herald reports. Once passed into law, the bill will extend the bureau’s powers granting the agency a right to eavesdrop on telephone conversations. ....
Labour has stalled on its promise to rewrite the Official Information Act, a vital piece of machinery for democracy that is in terrible disrepair, Bryce Edwards writes. ....
Wellington.Scoop report by Jem Traylen Police have removed a controversial web-tracking tool called Facebook Pixel from their website after a member of the public went to the media with his concerns. Last week, the NZ Council for Civil Liberties (NZCCL) released a media statement highlighting concerns from PhD researcher Kent Newman who discovered that some government agencies, including the Police, were using tracking tools such as Facebook Pixel on their websites without disclosing this to the public. A Police spokesperson said they reviewed the use of Facebook Pixel following NZCCL’s media statement and subsequent media enquiries. “The Facebook Pixel was set up in 2016 to support the constabulary recruitment campaign. However, New Zealand Police has not used the Facebook Pixel for this campaign for over 18 months and it has now been deleted. Police has no intention currently of re-enabling this tool. We are reviewing our policies to make sure they remain u ....
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 through Parliament by Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti. Read More Inspired in part by Christchurch mosque massacre gunman Brenton Tarrant live-broadcasting his killing spree over Facebook, It makes the livestreaming of objectionable content a criminal offence. ....
Internet filtering bill gives the Govt a 'blank cheque' to censor the internet, opponents say nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.