The sites were also unavailable on Optus and Vodafone networks, although the companies had not confirmed the names of the sites they had blocked. Reddit later said the video had been removed.Several major Australian telecom companies blocked access to many websites accused of hosting and contributing to the dissemination of footage of the Christchurch, New Zealand, terrorist attack on two mosques last Friday.Īccording to Nine News, Telstra-the country's largest telecommunications company-blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat, the blog Zerohedge and hosting platform LiveLeak on Tuesday. 'In accordance with this, the post in mention was removed and the user was banned.' 'Reddit's site-wide policies prohibit content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence,' a spokesperson for the site told Newshub.

Amazon doesn't have servers in New Zealand - the closest is Australia. He said anyone who wanted to report future uploads of the video should get in touch at uses Amazon's servers to host its material.

I have raised these issues with the Department of Internal Affairs' Digital Safety Unit and I understand that they are following up on this.' 'It appears that Reddit moderators took down this material in less than an hour, but if there is anything else that can be done by Reddit to ensure this does not recur then they should do it.

'I can only imagine that someone sympathetic to this killer has decided to post this material in order to cause more harm and misery.' The killer pleaded guilty to the killings in March, and is expected to find out his sentence on Thursday.Ĭhief Censor David Shanks told Newshub no one in New Zealand wants to see the video, 'particularly not at this time when sentencing of the terrorist is about to be concluded'. 'If a member of the public comes across other content online that they think should be removed, in the first instance people should report it through the platform for review.' 'Anyone who finds it posted online is encouraged to record any details of the post and report it to police by phoning 105. 'The footage from the March 15 attacks has been classified as objectionable material by the Chief Censor, and possessing and/or distributing it is a crime,' a spokesperson said. Police told Newshub they were not aware of this particular upload. 'Thank f**k I didn't see this today but now I can see the video in my mind. 'I saw the video on the day of the attack. 'The sounds of those poor people is not going to be something easily forgotten,' said another. Things you shouldn't have to see,' said one person. ''It started playing and I took about 10 seconds to realise what it was.

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