In a picture taken from a road outside the Al Noor Mosque, a policeman guards the mosque premises as members of the public walk within the mosque grounds in Christchurch on March 23, 2019, after people were allowed to visit in groups of fifteen. - Muslims prayed at Christchurch's main mosque for the first time since a white supremacist massacred worshippers there as New Zealand sought to return to normality after the tragedy. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s largest news website, Stuff, cracked down on reader comments March 26 after the Christchurch mosque massacre sparked debate about how the media handles online hate.
The stuff.co.nz site said it aimed to host a welcoming online environment but conceded “too often, our comments section has allowed casual prejudice to seep in from the fringes”.
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