It comes prior to the impending release of a discussion document formed from an analysis by New Zealand officials of work done overseas to address harmful content, particularly online, and follows widely criticised reform on hate speech.Read More- MPs warned of ordeals ahead amid disinformation and ...- Disasters, hackers and disinformation: Experts forecast ...- Local body elections 2022: Voters largely reject disinformation ...- Can we inoculate our kids against disinformation?In an interview with the Herald, Hunt hoped New Zealand would take note of the tools utilised by the EU and others who looked to update legislation in line with modern communication platforms.“Young people that I spoke to had a very acute awareness of mis[information] and disinformation and anything that they were seeing online, their skills that they were able to bring to that were just exceptional.”The issue added to discussions concerning New Zealand’s hate speech legislation, which had recently been watered down and now only expanded protections to religious groups and did not include women, disabled people and the rainbow community, as it had done initially when proposals spawned after the Royal Commission into the March 15 terror attack.In a brief statement shortly after the changes were announced, the Human Rights Commission said it was “very disappointed” in Justice Minister Kiri Allan’s new proposal, claiming it failed to protect communities most vulnerable to harmful speech."