New Zealand admits it has access to Facebook takedown portal to censor content
New Zealand has always had an official censor (Office of Film and Literature Classification [1]), responsible for what works are available in the country.<p>They already have an internet filter which blocks access to certain domains&#x2F;ip ranges&#x2F;etc. [2]<p>Of course they would require similar abilities once Facebook came to their notice by broadcasting a terrorist&#x27;s murder spree. [3]<p>It would have been &quot;You are selling to New Zealanders. 
We will have the ability to censor information passed to NZ IP addresses, or we will block the IP range, your choice.&quot;<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Classification_Office_(New_Zealand)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Classification_Office_(New_Zea...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Internet_censorship_in_New_Zealand" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Internet_censorship_in_New_Zea...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Christchurch_mosque_shootings" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Christchurch_mosque_shootings</a>