Kiwicon – The government is your friend
The government is your friend and wants you to be happy. This is the transcript of a speech given by Thomas Beagle at Kiwicon in Wellington on November 6th, 2011. Hi everybody. I'm Thomas Beagle from...
View ArticleNew Media submission opposes media regulation
Tech Liberty made a submission to the Media Regulation review run by the Law Commission. The summary of our submission is as follows: We recognise that "big media" still has a lot of influence in New...
View ArticleSurvey shows opposition to mandatory govt internet filter
InternetNZ has commissioned a survey of the public's thoughts about the government's internet filter. Some of the interesting results include: Very few people (only 9%) knew whether their ISP used the...
View ArticleGuest post: The operation of NZ’s internet censorship filter
The following is a guest post from Matt Taylor about the operation of the government's internet censorship in New Zealand. The Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System is New Zealand's internet...
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Te Papa doesn’t know why it’s censoring the internet
We recently received a complaint from a German tourist saying that when he tried to access a couple of innocuous German political sites using the free wireless at Te Papa, a page was displayed saying...
View ArticleLaw Commission – Harmful Digital Communications
The Law Commission has released Harmful Digital Communications (PDF) - the rushed report into the "adequacy of current sanctions and remedies". According to the summary they are proposing: The creation...
View ArticlePowers of the proposed Communications Tribunal
The Law Commission has proposed the creation of a Communications Tribunal that will be able to respond to complaints about internet speech and provide "speedy, efficient and cheap access to remedies...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with the Communications (New Media) Bill and can it be fixed?
The Law Commission's proposed Communications (New Media) Bill (PDF) is the result of their report on Harmful Digital Communications. They are proposing: The creation of a new criminal offence that...
View ArticleUseful links re the Law Commission’s Digital Harms report
A summary of articles and other information about the Law Commissions Harmful Digital Communications report (PDF) and the associated Communications (New Media) Bill (PDF). Please send any updates or...
View ArticleDIA now filtering .. Google?
Back in 2011 we spotted the first indications of how the Department of Internal Affairs Internet filter, used by 90% of all New Zealand Internet connections, actually operates. At the time, we noticed...
View ArticleSafe harbours in HDC Bill are a threat to freedom of expression
The safe harbour provisions in the Harmful Digital Communications Bill are a serious threat to online freedom of speech in New Zealand. How it works Anyone can complain to an online content host...
View ArticleHDC Bill and criminalising free speech
As part of our ongoing look at elements of the Harmful Digital Communications Bill (general critique and safe harbours), we now turn to the new offence of causing harm by posting digital communication...
View ArticleSubmission: Harmful Digital Communications Bill
Text of the Tech Liberty submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee concerning the Harmful Digital Communications Bill. (Or download PDF of original version with footnotes.) Summary We...
View ArticleHDC Bill: oral submission
We made an oral submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee about the Harmful Digital Communications Bill as a follow-up to our written submission. This oral submission concentrated on two...
View ArticleHDC Bill reported back by the Select Committee
The Harmful Digital Communications Bill has been reported back and the select committee has made a few changes. Significant changes The Bill has added the definition of IPAP (Internet Protocol Address...
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