"One wonders whether the point of the Harmful Digital Communications Act, in the view of some MPs, is to silence critics.”

“ N ew Zealand MPs are so keen to be seen to be 'doing something' about cyber-bullying that they are about to pass a poor piece of law that will do something terrible. If the Harmful Digital Communications Bill passes, MPs who feel sad because of a media story can have the publisher jailed.” ~ composite quote from 2015 from No Right Turn and Tim Watkin “[Given] that defamation would [otherwise]…