Archive for May, 2026
Is the Media Council’s legal waiver requirement lawful?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026The waiver The rationale “The purpose of the waiver is to ensure that a complaint to the NZ Media Council is the only form of formal action that will be taken in relation to the article that is the subject of the complaint. The NZ Media Council provides the public access to a free, quick […]
BSA PS
Thursday, May 7th, 2026Just a reminder of what’s at stake here. As I wrote earlier this year: If The Platform and any other internet-based TV or radio platform are not subject to the Broadcasting Act, then they are not subject to broadcasting standards, and could do the following things: These are all based on real cases. In most […]
BSA to go
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026So the government has decided to abolish the BSA. Various people are crowing about it. They are pointing to the BSA’s decision to hear a complaint against internet broadcaster The Platform. ACT says this was an attempt to “police the internet… to stretch a law written for rabbit-ear TVs over podcasts and livestreams”. It’s hard […]