NZ Bank in Free Speech Row over 'Explicit' Sheep Memes

New Zealand bank’s sheep mascot kicks off unlikely free speech row

Kiwibank invites backlash for trying to shut down ‘explicit’ memes sexualising sheep mascot

New Zealand bank censors racy fan art of sexy new sheep mascot

Kiwibank unveiled its new mascot Buck this year, hoping the adorable cartoon sheep would convince people to move their accounts there. Now the New Zealand-based bank is struggling to contain Buck's success as consumers make deposits of a different kind. — Read the rest

'Incredible thing': John Oliver weighs in on 'sexy' Kiwibank sheep controversy

The Kiwibank mascot has found international fame thanks to an online controversy involving posts sexualising Buck the Sheep. After weeks of online chatter...

NZ should be sheepish about its lack of parody protection

Comment: Kiwibank's US copyright takedowns of viral mascot memes expose NZ’s lack of legal protections for parody, satire and fair use

NZ bank in free speech row over sheep memes

A bank in New Zealand has found itself at the center of an unlikely free speech row after an attempt to remove “explicit” memes about its sheep mascot from social media. Kiwibank unveiled the mascot “Buck” this year in an ad campaign urging consumers to “bank Kiwi.” However, the cute sheep with gree

NZ bank in free speech row over ‘explicit’ sheep memes

A bank in New Zealand has found itself at the centre of an unlikely free speech row after an attempt to remove “explicit” memes about its sheep mascot from social media.