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      Govt Has Not Asked Radio New Zealand To Remove Anti-Government Comments

      New Zealand’s government and RNZ both said the claims were fabricated and there had been no such request.

      By - AFP | 6 May 2021 10:31 AM GMT
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    • Govt Has Not Asked Radio New Zealand To Remove Anti-Government Comments

      Facebook posts claim New Zealand ordered public broadcaster Radio New Zealand to remove comments critical of government policy from its social media platforms. The claim is false: New Zealand's government and RNZ both told AFP the claims were fabricated and there had been no such request. Posts critical of Jacinda Ardern's Labour government can still be seen on the broadcaster's social media channels as of May 5, 2021.

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      The claim was shared by a New Zealand-based user here.


      A screenshot of the post taken April 5, 2021.

      The image features a photo of Jacinda Ardern grimacing underneath a Nazi Swastika with "THIRD REICH" emblazoned across it.

      It also includes a logo for New Zealand's national broadcaster Radio New Zealand.

      Text superimposed below the image reads: "The Labour government have told RadioNZ to remove any comments from its social media platform that criticise government policy."

      The post's caption says: "When have we seen this before?"

      The image has also been shared here and here by other New Zealand-based Facebook users.

      The claims, however, are false.

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      New Zealand's Prime Minister's Office told AFP: "No such instruction was ever made by the government. This appears to be a malicious post."

      RNZ also told AFP the claim was false.

      "There has been no request from the NZ government to remove any comments from our social media pages that criticise government policy," RNZ said.

      RNZ updated their comments policy for social media on April 27 -- just days before the posts making allegations of government censorship began circulating.

      The national broadcaster indicated it planned to take a more active role in moderating abusive comments on its social media channels, the updated policy explains here.

      The policy allows for RNZ to "proactively disable comments on posts which may attract abusive or harmful comments, or when resources are required elsewhere".

      "No one at RNZ has to put up with abuse as part of their work, nor do other members of our audience," the policy reads. "We may issue a warning, but we reserve the right to delete comments, ban accounts, and repeated or egregious comments may be referred under the Harmful Digital Communications legislation".

      Despite the false claim circulated on Facebook, comments critical of New Zealand's government were still visible on the broadcaster's social media channels.

      One commenter posted on this news story about a fiery debate in parliament over sexual assault and rape allegations that "Labour are bigots".

      "The Labour Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard has reflected exactly how they all tactically work to coerce others thinking. Using their venomous hate, lies and name calling to push that false narrative of theirs," the commenter goes on to say.

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      Other posts, see here and here, have had their comments restricted in line with RNZ's new policies.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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