Seymour Claims 99.5% of Regulatory Bill Submissions Were 'Bot-Made'

‘Just let them do it’ an ideological attack on regulations

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON For a Bill set to transform New Zealand into a libertarian nightmare, it has an extremely boring name.

Echo Chamber: The trouble with taking David Seymour at his word

If the Act Party leader misspoke in a forest and no one was around to hear it, would it still make a sound? Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. A long weekend stumbled into a short week back in the House, where a Mad Hatter call of “change places!” has seen NZ First and the Act Party swap s…

Seymour claims 99.5% of Regulatory Bill submissions were 'bot-made'

By Ella Stewart of RNZ Act leader David Seymour has claimed 99.5% of the submissions received on the Regulatory Standards Bill were created using “bots”. The...

ACT leader David Seymour suggested 'bots' drove 'fake submissions' against his Regulatory Standards Bill

The deputy prime minister now says he was talking about "online campaigns" that create "non-representative samples".

Parliament's law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill

The Minister for Regulation says he knows bureaucrats don’t like his bill, but that’s a good thing The post Parliament’s law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill appeared first on Newsroom.

I submitted against the Regulatory Standards Bill and I’m not a bot!

Ummmm, this is an extraordinary claim by the new Deputy Prime Minister… ACT leader David Seymour suggested ‘bots’ drove ‘fake submissions’ against his Regulatory Standards Bill ACT leader David Seymour has claimed 99.5 percent of the submissions received on the Regulatory Standards Bill were created using “bots”. The Ministry for Regulation received approximately 23,000 submissions regarding a discussion document about the bill in January. Submi…