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Reports of online terrorist content increased in 2024: New Zealand government report

( July 9, 2025, 02:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Reports of online terrorist and violent-extremist content to New Zealand’s digital violence extremism unit increased by 10 percent in 2024, with 974 URLs flagged for suspected extremist content, the government revealed. In a report published today, New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs also said it had issued 38 formal take-down notices to platforms hosting “objectionable content.” In a statement accompanying the report, the department said the most commonly reported ideology type in 2024 was “identity” motivated — specifically, white-identity. This was reflected in the continued presence of content relating to the 2020 Christchurch terrorist attacks, which accounted for 38 percent of referred content in 2024.The full statement from the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs follows; the link to the report is here. ...

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