(NZ Herald) A man who sent several gruesome videos allegedly made by Isis which depicted murders, beheadings and people being mutilated to his friends has failed in his bid to have them made legal.
The man, whose name is suppressed, sent the videos to several friends in a chat group without any context and was then charged with possession of objectionable material.
It was the Classification Office that made the initial ruling in September last year the videos were objectionable and therefore illegal to watch or possess.
However, the man appealed that ruling to the Film and Literature Review Board in an attempt to have it overturned. However, this week, the board upheld the ruling.
