Other triggers which led to spikes in referrals to DIA were terror attacks in Buffalo and Bratislava in which manifestos released by the attackers featured excerpts of the Christchurch attacker’s manifesto. Other events which propelled content relating to the terror attack - including cases of the livestream being broadcast - was the release of a conspiracy-loaded “documentary” called “Three Faced Terrorist”, which has been banned in New Zealand. The referrals identified by the DIA team were tied to specific anniversaries or events during the year, including the date of the 2019 attack by an Australian now serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder, attempted murder and commission of a terrorist act. It reported 39 per cent of those reports identified objectionable material and 56 per cent of those related to the Christchurch attacks. The DIA report - released today - found the new digital violent extremism team had received more than 700 reports of concern about online content. The March 15 terror attack dominated online interventions under a new regime intended to reduce harmful content online.įour years on from the terror attack that left 51 people dead, the Department of Internal Affairs’ digital violent extremism report showed the lasting impact of the murders on an online community focused on identity or conspiracy-related extremism.
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