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ARTICLE · 01 MARCH 2023

Free speech versus censorship: Where should the line be drawn?

Prohibition on watching & distributing video triggered debate about where the line is drawn between free speech & censorship.

AustraliaGovernment, Public Sector

At the beginning of this year, a small independent magazine was pulled from bookstore and news agency shelves in New Zealand over claims it had published sensitive information about the Christchurch Mosque massacre in 2019. 

The accusation, which appeared in STUFF magazine, quoted Kate Hannah, the head of New Zealand's Disinformation Project, saying that an article by Dr TJ Coles “describes the content of live streamed video of the Christchurch shootings, as well [as] where it had been published, which could encourage people to seek it out.”  

Ms Hannah further asserted that “readers should not take such magazines too lightly…People who see and/or consume such content must understand that there are larger and more dark agendas present.” 

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