“Due to the extraordinary circumstances, several large ISPs in Australia have taken the decision to voluntarily implement temporary blocks of websites that continue to host footage of the Christchurch terrorist attack video,” Stanton said. Optus referred questions about LiveLeak to the Communications Alliance, whose chief executive, John Stanton, spoke more generally about the blocks. Optus, Telstra and Vodafone were approached for comment on their decision to block LiveLeak. “Currently, judging by media coverage and reactions online, he’s getting almost exactly what he wanted. He planned not just the murders but also the chaos he would sow with his manifesto which reads like the fevered dream of a fully fledged ‘shitposter’.” “The Christchurch shooter wasn’t just some random ‘nutcase’. LiveLeak told its users in a statement on Monday that it was refusing to carry the video because it did not want to “indulge” the perpetrator by carrying his propaganda and that it had received “no small number of complaints” regarding the fact that it would not carry the video of the shooting in New Zealand, streamed live on Facebook. The video initially appeared on LiveLeak, but was soon scrubbed and is no longer available in searches. Many mainstream media outlets have also shown the video on their site, including, which remains accessible.īut LiveLeak, a video sharing site known for often showing disturbing content, has been blocked by Telstra, Vodafone and Optus. Guardian Australia understands this is because they are taking active steps of their own to remove the material from their pages.
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