Monthly Archives: August 2005

Order Sought to Halt Sale of Children’s Porn Game

By admin | Published: August 26, 2005

Press Release 26 July 2005 Order Sought to Halt Sale of Children’s Porn Game The Society has made an application for an interim restriction order to stop all further "supply" to the public of a controversial computer game that allows thousands of children to practice interactive pornography. The game which the society does not wish [...]

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CleanFeed Child Porn Block Applauded

By admin | Published: August 26, 2005

Press Release No 2: 25 July 2005 CleanFeed Child Porn Block Applauded Society president Mike Petrus says "the Society is delighted to read a report that Internet industry groups are teaming up with the Government to test a system to filter online child pornography." The Censorship Compliance officials in the Department of Internal Affairs will [...]

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Labour’s "glove puppet" & the objectionable stalking horse

By admin | Published: August 26, 2005

The Society commends Stephen Franks, ACT MP, for raising serious concerns in parliament on the 15th of February 2005 over clauses in a Government Bill – the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Amendment Bill – during its crucial third reading stage. It commends him for submitting during the committee stages of the third reading, six [...]

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The link between porn and child abuse

By admin | Published: August 25, 2005

Press Release: 11 February 2005 THE LINK BETWEEN PORN AND CHILD ABUSE Ms Marie Dyhrberg, the lawyer acting for a Scout leader, Andrew John Pybus, 32, who was convicted of sexually abusing two boys, one under 12 and one under 16 years, is reported in the Dominion Post (9/2/05;NZPA report) as having stated outside the [...]

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A Curious Case of Censorship Collusion

By admin | Published: August 24, 2005

The film "Baise-Moi" came to be classified prior to its mainstream cinema release in NZ by a route which suggests a "curious case of censorship collusion" involving the importer/ ‘distributor’, Chief Censor Mr Bill Hastings and the CEO of the FVLB Mr Bill Hood. This curious case of apparent collusion involving a NZ film distributor [...]

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Government Censorship Bill on Objectionable Content Has Problems

By admin | Published: August 24, 2005

Media Release 13 May 2004 The Society presented its concerns today to the Government and Administration Committee over the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Bill – a Government Bill. Society president Mike Petrus, who attended, says: "The Society has consistently opposed moves to alter the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Act ("the Act") in [...]

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Campaign to Change TV Adult Only "Watershed" to 9.30 p.m.

By admin | Published: August 5, 2005

Press Release 5 August 2005 Campaign to Change TV Adult Only "Watershed" to 9.30 p.m. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0508/S00073.htm The Society is supporting a national Campaign to have the "watershed" time for the broadcasting of Adults Only (AO) television programmes moved from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. It is calling on the public to make this an election [...]

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