Collectd stories
Newsroom
Labour was the only party to support the first reading of a law to enable internet filtering, but the minister in charge of the bill says it could be overhauled before a final vote.
The Conversation
We are unable to fund news organisations in the way we used to.
The Conversation
Facebook recently removed Australian news stories from its site. If Ottawa follows Australia's lead, Facebook might do the same in Canada.
NZ Herald
An advertisement designed to empower women has been controversially removed.
The Conversation
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
The Conversation
Our relationship with Facebook, Google and news is a classic case of the prisoner's dilemma. Cooperation may be the only way to get the best outcome.
RNZ
Experts believe Facebook's "aggressive" stance against anti-vax posts is failing to stifle misinformation.
RNZ
The New York Times revealed texts telling the truth about Ted Cruz’s trip to Mexico this week to widespread acclaim. But Meghan Markle had a big win in court against a paper that published one of her letters unlawfully. Critics claim that case "puts manacles on the media" - and it could crop up in privacy cases here.
Vox
The social media giant cut millions of Australians off from the news to protest a potential law with a lot of flaws.
AP NEWS
BEIJING (AP) — For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to their reports without sharing...
the Guardian
This is about more than Facebook and news – it’s about the pursuit of power in a world where companies are stronger than countries, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
RNZ
Miro is a collective of Māori businesses, trusts, whānau, hapū and iwi growing blueberries on Māori-owned land to increase its productivity and create jobs.
RNZ
Opinion: Facebook's move is either a last-ditch attempt to gain concessions in Australia's legislation or a simple cut-and-run, writes Diana Bossio for The Conversation.
Facebook's decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world's biggest social media platform and the governments and news organizations fighting to check its power.
The Conversation
If you're fed up with Facebook, there are many options to step away, from taking a deactivation break, to a digital spring clean of how the platform accesses your data, to a full divorce.
RNZ
A battle across the Tasman between the Australian government and Facebook has come to a head with Australian Facebook users now restricted from viewing news content. RNZ Mediawatch's Hayden Donnell talks to Jesse.
Stuff
Former test cricketer pads up to save community sport from grasping gambling, Mark Reason writes.
Media Minister Kris Faafoi says he wants journalists to hold him and other politicians to account. He put his money where his mouth is yesterday,...
E-Tangata
“Up until my early 20s, Māori people and language had never really been normal at all to me. Māori concepts and ideas were not normal either, except in the most abstract and safe way.” — Māmari Stephens.
Newshub
An advertising agency conducted an audit grading how top social media platforms had progressed.
RNZ
Intelligence agencies in New Zealand are being urged to do a better job at blocking a website commonly used by white supremacists.
Trumpism will endure because Murdoch’s Fox News made that choice on behalf of the Republican Party it commands.
Newsroom
The demise of John Banks as a talkback host, and the impact on MediaWorks, after he was outed by a listener for agreeing with a racist comment, is likely to have long term ramifications for the media industry. Mark Jennings reports.
the Guardian
With modesty, humility and transparency, the former Black Ferns captain is a leading contender to become the next chair of NZR
The Spinoff
Ben Fahy talks to The Mind Lab's Saskia Verraes about teaching humans how to use technological disruption to do good – and how to evaluate what 'doing good' really means. If there was a statement that summed up humanity, you could do worse than "just because you can, doesn’t mean you should".