Controversial and well-known blogger Cameron Slater has lent his support to the New Zealand First Foundation accused fighting to keep their identity secret. The "media, social media, bloggers and trolls" were also blamed for misreporting and distorting the case, while the damage from publication of the duo's identities "will be huge". Slater, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom for today's hearing, took aim at mainstream news media, journalists and social media. Slater also said social media companies were guilty of chasing and generating clicks by creating "hate" and targets for so called "social media journalists". The NZ First Foundation case and Peters, the court heard, could be such a lightning rod for social media trolls.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2020 04:53 UTC