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Our privacy legislation gets its first major overhaul since the internet went mainstream.
Facebook bans 220 'Boogaloo' groups as ad boycott snowballs
More big names pull ads from the social network.
Money talks for Facebook but NZ Super Fund isn't speaking it
Coca-Cola and Unilever's brute approach yields results.
Harry and Meghan join call for Facebook 'boycott' over 'hate speech'
Several major corporations have pulled their advertising from the social media platform.
Facebook moves fail to stem advertiser boycott as Starbucks, Levis, Diageo walk
Big brands follow Coca-Cola and Unilever out the door.
Social media in crisis: Coca-Cola joins Facebook boycott
Zuckerberg makes changes, but so far it's not enough to stop the corporate walk-outs.
Ad boycott of Facebook keeps growing
New York Times: Companies suspend campaigns over platform's content moderation practices.
What's Facebook's deal with Donald Trump?
New York Times: Zuckerberg has forged an uneasy alliance with the Trump administration.
The loneliness of Mark Zuckerberg
He's one of the richest and most powerful men, but Zuckerberg seems increasingly isolated.
'Morally impossible': Some advertisers take a timeout from Facebook
New York Times: Ever since Zuckerberg defended the platform, companies are staying away.
How to delete your old, embarrassing Facebook posts in bulk
Facebook has released a tool that makes it easier to say goodbye to the bad times.
Lawsuit says Trump's social media crackdown violates free speech
Trump's efforts to hit back at Twitter face a legal challenge.
Now more than ever, Facebook is a 'Mark Zuckerberg production'
New York Times: Facebook's problems have become too acute to leave to anyone else.
Facebook buys Giphy, popular tool for creating animated GIFs
The deal is estimated to be valued around $400 million
Important work from Christchurch Call continues
COMMENT: A year after the Christchurch call, it's clear the only way forward is together.
Revealed: RNZ spent $100,000 on media attack ads
RNZ's controversial ad campaign that raised ire of media counterparts cost over $100,000.
Calls to support Māori business in Covid 19 recovery
A Facebook page to tautoko such businesses has been widely shared.
Local Focus: Facebook locks out Whanganui business trying to do good
They sold masks at no profit but Facebook shut them down. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Social media giants must be made to pay
Ardern needs to get over her Millennial attitude to social media, writes Gavin Ellis.
Aussie to make Facebook and Google pay for news content
Time to level the playing field, says treasurer Josh Frydenberg
Editorial: Media vital more now than ever
WE SAY: Media outlets fighting for their survival but remain committed to their purpose.
Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency project scaled back
New York Times: A less ambitious design for the cryptocurrency has been rolled out.
Facebook to warn users who 'liked' coronavirus hoaxes
Latest move by Facebook, Google an unprecedented effort to control bad information.
Facebook puts precautions in place for Marketplace during lockdown
Traders will be unable to buy and sell during the lockdown.
Facebook 'just trying to keep the lights on' as traffic soars in pandemic
New York Times:The social network is straining to deal with skyrocketing usage.
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter send home thousands of human moderators
Facebook employees to work from home as coronavirus spreads around the world.
Investors up pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to stop sharing of terror attacks
Investors in Facebook, Google and Twitter are putting pressure on the companies.
Facebook rolls out coronavirus information portal
Information centre will be up and running over the next 24 hours.
Facebook acknowledges bug that blocked coronavirus news
Bug in Facebook's system blocking links to news stories about the coronavirus.
Chch mosque shootings clip still on Facebook, one year on
"You're creating the perpetrators."
How NZ has been at the forefront of a global collaboration to curb online terror
The Christchurch Call processes have already been used to stop spread of online terror.
March 15: Day the internet was weaponised
Comment: An "internet for good" should be our response to March 15, says Jordan Carter.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on powerful women and coming under fire
Facebook's chief operating officer on why women still struggle to get to the top.