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Buffalo mass shooting livestream and ‘manifesto’ permanently banned

Interim decisions banning both the livestream of the racially-motivated Buffalo mass shooting and the shooter’s ‘manifesto’ are now final, said Acting Chief Censor Rupert Ablett-Hampson today.

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Youth Advisory Report 2022

Our Youth Advisory Report looks back at the mahi of 2021
Classification Act

Following decision to ban manifesto the Buffalo mass shooting livestream is now banned

  • media release
  • violent extremism

Objectionable

White supremacist ‘manifesto’ banned

  • media release

David Shanks

Chief Censor David Shanks ends his term

  • media release
  • chief censor

talking with young people

Changing the conversations about pornography with rangatahi

  • pornography
  • media release
  • young people

Kashmir Files

The Kashmir Files Film reclassified

  • chief censor
  • media release

Kashmir Files

Chief Censor reviewing classification for the Kashmir Files film
The Batman

The Batman Film Classification Changes After Chief Censor Review
We stand together

Chief Censor Bans The Three Faced Terrorist, a ‘documentary’ about the March 15 Mosque attacks
Objectionable

White supremacist ‘manifesto’ banned

  • chief censor
  • media release

Exemption

Streaming providers are now required to display NZ ratings

  • streaming

Project Arachnid

Classification Office to collaborate with Project Arachnid

  • media release