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Media needs new complaints body - DomPost letter - 31 December 2011

DomPost, 31 December 2011 - Media needs new complaints body

I'd like to thank Unicef NZ's Dennis McKinlay for his timely observations about online child abuse (Features, Dec 27).  I'd add two things.

First, he mentions the need for international co-operation; ...
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Features, 27 December 2011 - Related article:

Searching for ways to prevent online child abuse
DomPost Online | Tuesday, 27 December 2011
By Dennis McKinlay

OPINION: How do we tackle online child sexual abuse while still giving young people access to the internet?  It's a thorny problem, but some thought is starting to sort fact from the emotion that has accompanied this debate. [ Read full article ... ]

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Law Commission Report: The News Media meets 'New Media' - 12 December 2011

Law Commission, 12 December 2011 - The News Media meets 'New Media'

On 12 December 2011, the NZ Law Commission issued a report on the future of media regulation: The News Media meets 'New Media': Rights, Responsibilities and Regulation in the Digital Age.

This report was requested by former Minister Simon Power, in which he referred to some media as being a sort of Wild West, without law and without restraint of any kind.  His concern relates to what is termed the Blogosphere, and also to activities such as cyber-stalking, and Internet pornography.

We regard this as an excellent initiative, since it seeks to address many of the issues which we have been calling for consideration of for the past several years.  Indeed the term "Wild West" was originally coined by us in a submission on the subject to a seminar hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in 2009.

Public Submissions are called for, with the deadline being Monday 12 March 2012.  As the only viewer advocacy group in NZ, we will be making a submission and encouraging others to do the same.

Please review this report and make your own submission (reference NZLC IP27).

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