New Zealand's largest internet providers have reversed plans to stop blocking websites which hosted videos of the Christchurch terror attack, after a last-minute intervention by the Government. On Tuesday evening, both Spark and Vodafone told Newsroom they would start to remove the remaining website blocks overnight. GEORGE HEARD/STUFF New Zealand's largest internet providers have reversed plans to stop blocking websites which hosted videos of the Christchurch terror attack. HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES In the wake of the Christchurch shootings, the ISPs blocked websites which were hosting a video of the attack live-streamed by the alleged murderer, as well as his manifesto. However, Beagle said there was a question of whether ad-hoc arrangements would be preferable to a formalised process, given the rarity of an event like the Christchurch attack.

Source: Stuff March 26, 2019 20:46 UTC