Kiwi Farms website founder Joshua Moon (pictured) has published an email exchange with New Zealand police after he refused to hand over information pertaining to Christchurch investigation
The founder of an American far-right chat board has lashed out at New Zealand police after they requested information on posts linked to the Christchurch shooting.
An email exchange posted on Kiwi Farms on Monday, reveals New Zealand Detective Senior Sergeant John Michael had asked the site to preserve any relevant email and IP addresses to aid their investigation.
Accused gunman Brenton Tarrant, 28, is believed to have posted his 74-page manifesto and details of his alleged attack onto the site ran by American Joshua Moon.
He also foreshadowed the shootings on at least one other controversial forum popular among alt-right groups.
Moon has published his expletive-filled reply to police in full, describing the request as a 'joke' before calling New Zealand a 's***hole country' and an 'irrelevant island nation'.
Moon posted an expletive-laden response in which he said he was responsible for posting alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's manifesto and video of his alleged attack on the site
The thread revealed a New Zealand detective had requested the site to preserve any relevant email and IP addresses to aid their investigation
Brenton Tarrant (pictured in court) is believed to have posted details of his alleged attack as well as a 74-page manifesto, popular alt-right message boards before allegedly carrying out his massacre
'Is this a joke? I'm not turning over information about my users. The person responsible for posting the video and manifesto PDF is myself,' Moon wrote.
'I feel real bad for you guys, you've got a quiet nation and now this attack is going to be the first thing people think of for the next 10 years when they hear the name New Zealand, but you can't do this.
'Tell your superiors they're going to make the entire country and its government look like clowns by trying to censor the Internet. You're a small, irrelevant island nation barely more recognizable than any other nameless pacific sovereignty.
'You do not have the clout to eradicate a video from the Internet
