


He told the judge overseeing his case that the video - where bodies of dead children are visible - was “awesome.” Arps sent it to about 30 people, but that’s not where he ended. Philip Arps pled guilty to two counts of distributing objectionable material, New Zealand outlet RNZ reported. Then on Tuesday, a Neo-Nazi was sentenced to 21 months in prison for sharing a video of the Christchurch massacre, Gizmodo reported. Less than two weeks after the shooting, New Zealand officially banned people from sharing the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto or video.Ĭonsequences for owning or sharing the video weren’t initially made clear. Tech companies scrambled to remove the video after it appeared online, but they were unable to do so. The massacre itself was horrific, but what made it even worse was that the shooter live streamed the event on Facebook.

On March 15, shootings at two mosques during Friday prayers in New Zealand left 51 Muslims dead.
