Latest collected stories with a current focus on media and technology
The Conversation
The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
POLITICO
The antitrust push has triggered a huge lobbying fight by the tech companies and their trade groups against the proposals.
Newsroom
The Government has halted the enactment of online filter that human rights advocates and tech experts alike had opposed.
RNZ
A counter-terrorism hui intended to help heal the wounds inflicted in Christchurch two years ago sparked a walk-out which hit the headlines.
RNZ
The Herald's dedicated property section printed 64 articles under the banner 'Our New Auckland' without declaring they were sponsored by Kāinga Ora, prompting NZME to review its processes on sponsored content.
A culture of recording and distributing explicit images of unsuspecting teens by their peers is rampant in Otago. Daisy Hudson investigates the...
People are sharing ways in which the mapping tool has accidentally connected them with dead relatives.
Māori Television
New figures from New Zealand's online safety organisation, NetSafe, shows a continuing upward trend in online harm. Its quarterly report showed an increase...
Newsroom
The review announced in an overlooked press release will provide options for regulating social media platforms and issuing guidance in how they moderate content.
The Spinoff
Hal Crawford, former MediaWorks head of news, takes a look at the global trend for mega-mergers, what media is becoming, and how New Zealand can lead the world in video streaming. This post is also published on the writer's Crawford Media newsletter. Sign up here. The primeval goop of global medi
RNZ
Cybercrime is on the rise but, in the wake of the Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack, Anusha Bradley finds New Zealand's response to it is fragmented and victims rarely get justice.
Democracy Project
Accusations by a journalist that the Prime Minister leads an unusually secretive government don’t tell the whole story about its desire to control information. Graham Adams takes a closer look at the guidelines for the new $55 million journalism fund. Despite widespread cynicism about the Governm
RNZ
In its first interview since being hit by a ransomware attack a year ago, Fisher and Paykel Appliances warns other businesses it's a case of "when, not if" they will be targeted.
Two separate victories for the authorities against criminals this week.
Thousands of players flocked to a digital world filled with draconian rules, slavery, and anti-Semitism—and tested how far “just a game” can go.
Mother Jones
A new lawsuit claims the social media giant allows bias based on gender and age.
Stuff
As part of wider changes at the tech giant, Google Docs will soon be pointing people away from potentially sexist language.
Newsroom
Can Willie Jackson, Minister for Māori Development and former broadcaster, revitalise a struggling Māori media sector?
Stuff
OPINION: Image-based abuse is rife, and the Harmful Digital Communications Act cannot keep up.
Stuff
OPINION: I paid $3000 to make a research article open access.
The United States, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies such as Amazon and Google and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens.
AP NEWS
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.
RNZ
Marae trusts have been studying digital technology as part of a $24 million plan to connect hundreds of marae around the country with broadband.
Newsroom
The Green Party says Facebook shouldn't be the sole arbiter in breaching New Zealanders' free speech rights.
ZB
Proposed changes to the Harmful Digital Communications Act could improve the success rate for prosecution. Former National candidate Jake Bezzant allegedly
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