An 18-year-old New Zealander accused of sharing a livestream of a mass shooting across two mosques that left 50 dead has been denied bail.
Police have said the man - who cannot yet be named - was not involved in the attack in Christchurch allegedly carried out by Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, 28, on Friday.
Appearing in the Christchurch District Court today, the accused was granted interim name suppression but was declined bail by Judge Stephen O'Driscoll.
The teen faces two charges: one of sharing the live-stream and a second for posting a photograph of one of the mosque's attacked with the message "target acquired" along with other chat messages "inciting extreme violence".
Facebook earlier said it had taken down 1.5 million copies of footage of the shooting that had been live-streamed by Tarrant in the 24 hours after.
He also posted a picture of the mosque captioned "target acquired" before the attack.
So he was both inciting a terrorist attack, and sharing video of it online after it happened.
Either one on its own it potentially forgivable, but the two together paint a very damning picture.
Gabriel Rogers
But neither is a direct incitement to violence, both are inferred; which an incredibly dangerous standard.
Nicholas Scott
Looks like you've had a bit too much to think
Brody Price
I am an Atheist and an Anarchist. I find the video of the shooting disgusting. I think killing over skin color, national origin, or religion is stupid. ALL religions and ALL religions people are fucking idiots. I mean really people, how is it you know Santa is a myth but somehow believe in gods? Grow the fuck up! Even tough I think this shhoter and the video are fucking disgusting and so is this kid for sharing it, it is still freedom of speech. He has a right to agree or disagree with anything he wants to. Cops murder unarmed people all the time. No one goes to jail for sharing those videos. Why? The state wants you to fear their hired thugs. In this case the shooter was a random white dude standing up for what he wanted. Not a point of him being right or wrong. The state does not want people to see that they too can use violence to get what they want. The state wants a monopoly on violence and depictions of violence. Oh, and if you are a Christian, Muslim, Jew, or Hindu, you should not be permitted to vote, or hold any public office. You obviously have difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality. If you believe in god and an afterlife, just kill yourself. The world is over populated and you are not the brightest people we have. And just think, god will finally get to meet you in person.
Likely using Facebook and not using any real opsec, let alone Tor over VPN… sad that he's arrested for such a petty offense though, there's the real fascism staring you all in the face.
Kayden Robinson
Words mean things, retard. 'sorta, kinda, if you squint at it the right way' is not the kind of thing that belongs in a criminal charge. This is why legal documents are borderline indecipherable to people who don't have law degrees, they (when they're written honestly at least) very specifically describe what does and doesn't break the law. Unless this kid was actively encouraging people to attack these mosques - as in "you should attack these mosques" rather than "I don't like X" - then literally nothing happened here. You can lick the boot all you want, but it won't keep them from stamping on your face forever.
Joseph Johnson
New Zealand is dead. The Muslims now have a permanent 9/11 of their very own, can never be questioned and anyone who dares challenge any of their societal, political or religious positions will become a pariah or be arrested. New Zealand might as well institute Sharia law and evict the Europeans. It's an Islamic nation now.
