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Giant platforms accused of 'fuelling a childhood mental health crisis'.
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Australian journalist explains why he's bringing media literacy scheme to Kiwi schools.
How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI
New York Times: OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their rules.
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Christchurch man behind porn sites jailed for 14 years in US
Christchurch sex trafficker gets 14 years in American prison.
YouTube prankster claims to be palace worker behind Kate's photoshop fail
Tucker Carlson was left blindsided as the YouTuber posed as a credible palace insider.
Catfish predator who targeted Kiwi girl in global web case pleads guilty to manslaughter
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Summer snaps of popular beach
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So many scams as AI and technology meet old-fashioned greed and trickery
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Women are using online groups to help protect each other on dating apps
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Lex: Reddit wants its users’ money - but not their input
Financial Times: Voting control concentrated among those who already hold Reddit stock.
The mysterious rise of the Chinese e-commerce giant behind Temu
Financial Times: Its finances are a black box and its operations shrouded in secrecy,
Can you log in? Facebook, Instagram suffer global outage
Many social media users in New Zealand have also been affected.
Auckland man jailed for possessing, sharing child sexual abuse material
The man appeared at Auckland District Court today where he was sentenced.
Letters: Why poverty continues in New Zealand
OPINION: Suburbian response says much about the shameful blight of poverty in Aotearoa.
Why you should take the straw out of your water bottle before flying
One passenger learned of the issue with reusable drink bottles on planes the hard way.
Kiwi’s AI start-up, offering a new way of AI training, raises $32m
Big-name backers come on board.
How a week of Kate Middleton conspiracies are testing royal tradition
Amid swirling rumours, can the royal policy of ‘never complain, never explain’ still hold?
'I have lived with the shame': Women tricked into porn by Kiwi stand up in court
Christchurch sex trafficker now faces life in American prison.
Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do deals with news media outlets
Facebook’s parent company said today it would not renew commercial deals with publishers.
Sad Oompa Loompas, angry parents: Glasgow's disastrous Willy Wonka Experience
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Man arrested after trying to lure girl, 14, to Auckland Domain
The 49-year-old talked to 'a number of' underage girls through social media, police say.
‘Digital colonialism’: Niue’s 20-year fight for two letters on the internet
NY Times: The tiny island nation says it was cheated out of the lucrative .nu domain.
A marketplace of girl influencers managed by mums and stalked by men
New York Times: Parents run their accounts. That doesn't deter the pedophiles.
Chorus chief executive to depart, new CEO named
JB Rousselot to step down in April.
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If you had the choice to sit anywhere, would you really sit here?