david shanks

Netflix adds warning to doco after complaint to NZ censor over Christchurch terrorist footage

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The Social Dilemma includes a clip from the shooter’s live-streamed Facebook video showing him preparing to enter one of the Christchurch mosques. A warning has been added to a new Netflix documentary-drama for featuring a banned excerpt from the video filmed by the Christchurch terrorist. The Social Dilemma, which explores the rise of social media … Read more

Interview with a new chief censor: how to ban a video game

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There’s a new Chief Censor in town. David Shanks, a former director and deputy CEO for the Ministry of Social Development, has barely been in the job three months so we decided to throw Eugenia Woo at him.   Pity the job of those they call censors. It used to be so easy when there … Read more