Retired District Court Judge David Harvey has issued a stark warning about what he calls a dangerous expansion of government and bureaucratic control over online information, describing the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s (BSA) growing reach as “a precursor to mass censorship.”
Speaking on Reality Check Radio, Harvey, a former Mastermind champion and long-time expert in internet law and regulation, said in a recent interview that New Zealand is on the brink of implementing sweeping digital controls under the guise of “online safety” and social media regulation. His comments were recorded before National’s new Member’s Bill on social media restrictions was drawn from the ballot — a development he accurately predicted.
“They will have legislation ready for Christmas that is far, far spookier than the BSA issue,” he said.
Harvey traced the origins of this regulatory momentum to the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks, which he argues triggered a wave of “overreaching” legislative efforts. These included early drafts of hate speech laws and proposals to regulate digital communications under a central authority.
One such proposal, the 2019 ‘Safer Online Services Bill’, sought to create a single regulatory framework for media and online platforms, enforcing content moderation standards and imposing penalties for “harmful” material. Public backlash led to its shelving in 2024, but Harvey says its core provisions have quietly resurfaced.
“The new online regulation proposals are just the Safer Online Services Bill rehashed,” he said. “And this time, they’re embedding it into a system that connects with digital identification and central bank digital currencies. This is very, very dangerous.”
Harvey warned that mandatory age verification requirements could become the gateway to compulsory biometric data collection — effectively tying every citizen’s online activity to a digital identity framework.
“Age verification means we will all have to provide biometric data to be identified to use the internet,” he said. “Everyone needs the internet — that’s how you onboard an entire population into a control grid.”
According to Harvey, the merging of digital ID systems, online speech regulation, and digital currencies will mark “the beginning of the end of privacy and freedom” in New Zealand.
He urged the public to pay attention and educate themselves before the legislation advances.
🚩🚩You need to set aside 17 mins and watch this clip. BSA = Safer Online services bill = censorship = Age Verification = Digital ID = Ardern.
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The name Luxon will become synonymous with Quisling, and National with Vichy…
Except history has vindicated the Quislings, they were right all along.
I somewhat doubt anyone implementing digital enslavement will be vindicated.
The idea that a couple of fluffs at the BSA came up with this idea all by themselves and are not being called out on it is unbeleivable. If anyone should know then Cuxon should but he seems to be out of the loop.
Come off it, the Nats and co know “exactly” what they are doing….they have already passed legislation allowing cops to take pictures of anyone they please….so if you do’t want a controlled future, find someone else to vote for next year…..
lol if you honestly think the parties we have are anything other than a different spoke in the same wheel you’re delusional.
Our democratic system has been compromised and our parliament houses patsies toeing the line of their globalist overlords.
Ironically this website forces me to provide personal details to post this.
The ChCh false flag fake mosque attack was controlled by Labour under Ardern, and the totalitarian control system initiated by Ardern is now being implemented by National under Luxon. That tells you all you need to know about the fake “democracy” where “elections” make little to no difference as the globalists totalitarian control system is imposed on the serfs.
Actions always have a motive., always.
https://t.me/BiologicalDigitalConvergence/783/4303
It is time all people of New Zealand to put our petty differences asside. We must all stand as one. We must all unite against this common evil to enslave every man woman and child.
We have but one choice. It is not an easy path.
Proud I am of the The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni who told the EU. Enough. We are out. She is the only leader of a nation who has called it out. Intelligent enough to see the nonsense. Strong enough to remove her people from harms way.
Who in our nation will lead us away from this globalist agenda? Who will force a new election? Who will turn away from the earthly riches offered to them to enslave our people forever? Who will be our greatest heroes of all time?
Digital ID will track all movements, all purchases, all emails, all phone conversations, all transactions of items. Digital id will make you a salve. Digital Id can create a specific rule to an individual. Digital id can be switched off so you can’t eat, travel, find shelter. Do not believe them when the current government says never. In time the following governments will change the rules.
We have never ever lived in a democratic nation. We have the illusion of a democracy. We will only be a democracy when people get to vote on each parliamentary bill by referendum poll.
I believe the trouble is the Labour voters are idiots, so have no idea what the implications of the Communist China digital ID hding behind “child online safety” or the digital drivers licence to make it “easier” for us.
…Who will turn away from the earthly riches offered to them to enslave our people forever?….
The problem lies with the people-slaves who are used to -and demand- earthly riches (false socialism). They do not even realize that they enslave themselves and their kids for it.
But here is the kicker: this behaviour increases in impetuosity and mutually with position of power, a behaviour which the judiciary and the political spectrum fail to address.
‘Can’ is not ‘Should’.
Fancy bureaucracy sold as vote carrots is leeching and hindering productivity. Finance, only really borrowed by the productivity sectors, all govt./public borrowing is taxed on all, is doing the rest.
The largess with other people’s productivity has to come to an end.
Who is tightening the belt first?
Yes, this is the globalist control grid that they talked about and pushed for over the last 50 years or more. They are playing the long game to get what they want…total control.
This is a global, organised betrayal of citizens in Western nations, at the behest of vested international interests. The goal. Essentially to control entire populations, turn people into worker ants who do as they are told and know their place. Its neo serfdom. Which BTW also plays well to the notion of militarised states, who collectively wage war for profit. All the military pacts and warlike sounds coming out of the likes of the UK, US, France and Germany are more than hot air.
Oh and don’t be delusional and tell yourself they don’t know what they are doing, of course they do! This is happening in the UK, Canada, Australia and now here in New Zealand. In the US its on a state by state basis, just look at Texas. Its well organised. Europe already has some of these measures in place, such as personal ID’s, as is the case in Belgium, for example. More controls will follow there and here in NZ too, unless we all STAND UP AND SAY NO.
These politicians are supposed to be elected public servants, time they remembered who they serve.
Claire Deeks: The BSA Didn’t Go Rogue – It Went First
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2025/10/claire-deeks-bsa-didnt-go-rogue-it-went.html
Freedom is over-rated and just isn’t a sensible option anymore.
Trust the officials, they will keep us safe and warm. Fifteen-minute cities and obedience to big-corporate rule is the best choice for us all now. Be sensible and get in early for your chip-implants. Please stay indoors, eat insects, and only drive EV’s. Thank you… Carry on.. Next..
Funny how Anna Mowbray is pushing for age requirements for social media. Just another ultra rich person calling for globalist agendas.
If only people like her were better mothers she wouldn’t need to be banning her kids from social media. Her and that dumb bint Cecelia from my turd bag are one and the same. Rich, have kids, nanny them out and wonder why they turn into little shits while the rest of us make an actual effort to parent our kids. They can just F off – we know what their “agenda” and they aren’t immune to our reactions if they encroach further onto our liberties. FAFO is all I can say to them.
Digital ID registered to a smartphone with multiple cameras and a microphone, GPS connected to the internet. Recording every keystroke, every email, text, every blog, every sound, location. Collecting and storing all transactions by any government from aound the world. Artificial, intelligent analysing all data. Laws to require you to have your digital id on you at all times.
What could go wrong here? Is going wrong here?
Now i know why my battery doesn’t last all day even when just on standby.