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[ad_1] The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand.Following a backlash in New Zealand caused by the discovery of culturally insensitive filters on social media platforms, the parent company that runs Snapchat has removed filters that showed images of holy Maori tattoos on users' faces, reported The Guardian. Radio New Zealand, a local outlet, said that the preservation of Maori identity and intellectual property has recently come under renewed scrutiny because of these social media filters that let users project mataora, moko kauae and other taonga (a treasured possession in Maori language) onto their visage.Mandeno Karu Martin, a takatpui Maori activist who has come across numerous of the filters, said they were harmful-especially if they were made from a non...