Disasters and downturn challenge New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern going into election year
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces tough challenges as she heads into a general election campaign next year, with economic growth slowing, divisive referendums looming and a country reeling from disasters both natural and man-made. Two years since she became the world's youngest female ...
Livestreamed killings in Germany test social media measures to block extremist content
Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry. The attacker in Germany, ...
Facebook on Tuesday teamed up with the London police to help its artificial intelligence tools track livestreams of terror attacks such as the New Zealand mosque massacre. A self-professed white supremacist used a head-mounted camera in March to broadcast live footage on Facebook of him ...
Six months after Christchurch attacks, New Zealand bill would tighten gun laws further
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to Parliament on Friday that aims to further tighten gun laws, and the country marked six months since a mass shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. This is New Zealand's second set of ...
Morrison unveils Australia's plans to censor extremist online content
Australia plans to block websites to stop the spread of extreme content during "crisis events," Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. Speaking from the Group of Seven gathering in Biarritz, southwest France, on Sunday, Morrison said the measures are needed in response to the deadly ...
New Zealand plans national gun register in second round of reforms following mosque attack
New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday in its second round of gun law reforms following the Christchurch mosque attacks, which killed 51 Muslim worshippers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said regulations around who could hold firearm licenses would also be tightened to ...
Gun megastore plan in New Zealand's Christchurch sparks backlash
New Zealand retailer Gun City, which sold weapons to the man accused of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured dozens, has aroused concern with plans for a mega store in the South Island city, media said on Wednesday. Radio New ...
Man accused of murder in Christchurch mosque shootings also charged with terrorism
New Zealand police have charged the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act, they said Tuesday. In an attack broadcast live on Facebook, a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons targeted Muslims attending Friday ...
U.N. chief meets survivors of New Zealand mosque shootings, decries online hate
At a meeting with victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that hate speech is spreading online "like wildfire" and vowed the world body would lead efforts to extinguish the problem. Guterres visited the Al Noor mosque, one of two ...
Police in Christchurch find suspected bomb, while Australian police neutralize explosive device
New Zealand police found a suspected bomb and ammunition Tuesday in a vacant lot in Christchurch, the scene of last month's mosque shootings which killed 50 Muslim worshippers. Police cordoned off streets late Tuesday afternoon in the Phillipstown area just outside the central business district ...
New Zealand and France announce 'Christchurch Call' plan to end violent extremism online
New Zealand and France will bring together global leaders at a Paris summit next month aimed at stopping social media being used to organize and promote terrorism, the countries' leaders announced Wednesday. Political leaders and tech company executives have been called to a meeting — ...
New Zealand pension fund drops two gun-linked Japanese firms in wake of mosque massacres
Two Japanese companies are among those that have been excluded from New Zealand's public pension fund in response to stricter gun control measures following the fatal mass shootings last month. The NZ Super Fund, which manages 41 billion New Zealand dollars ($27.7 billion) worth of ...
