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'Objectionable' Material

Mason made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs

The request was partially successful.

From: Mason

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

According to your website, "every time a person downloads objectionable material onto their screen, there is the potential for a possession offence having been committed." I was wondering if you could clarify for me what the criteria is for viewing objectionable material to be considered a crime, seeing as (as far as I'm aware) other objectionable material outside of child exploitation and pornography is not filtered or blocked in New Zealand, which could make accessing it easier.

Yours sincerely,

Robert

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From: Telephon Telephon
Department of Internal Affairs

Thank you for your correspondence.

We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

You can make formal complaints about unsolicited commercial electronic
messages you have received by email, TXT (mobile/smart phone) message, or
fax (facsimile).

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Form.

 

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(7726) short code.

 

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Please note: We may not take action on every individual complaint. Where
numerous complaints are received about a particular spam message, we will
investigate the campaign as a whole.

 

Kind regards,

Electronic Messaging Compliance Unit

Department of Internal Affairs

 

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4. http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wp...

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From: Craig Press
Department of Internal Affairs

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Dear Robert

 

Thank you for your 12 December 2013 Official Information Act 1982 (the
OIA) request to the Department of Internal Affairs asking about
objectionable material.

 

 The due date for a decision on your request, pursuant to section 15(1) of
the OIA, is 31 January 2014.

 

I have attached the Department's decision on your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Craig PRess

 

Craig Press | Team Leader Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

 

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