Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants governments and regulators to play a more active role in controlling what is published on the internet.
Netsafe cautious on Facebook's promise of live-streaming changes
Netsafe says people shouldn't stop pressuring Facebook to improve, despite its promise to crack down on hate speech and the live-streaming of violent videos.
Facebook clamps down on white seperatism, nationalism
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Facebook's own moves to curb white supremacy on its site may not be enough and outside intervention may be needed. Audio
Facebook bans white nationalism, separatism from site
In a shift in policy, Facebook is to ban praise, support, and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its social media platforms, bolstering its efforts to tackle hate speech. Video, Audio
No Facebook accountability or contrition over terror attack - Privacy Commissioner
Facebook needs to take accountablity for its role in the Christchurch terror attack, which was live streamed on the social media site, the Privacy Commissioner says.
Facebook must accept its part in Chch attacks - Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards sent a letter to Facebook executives last week, stating there is growing frustration and anger over the company's lack of communication after the attack was live… Audio
Facebook 50 hour black-out
There's a call for people to log-out of Facebook accounts this weekend for 50 hours, one hour for each of the victims who lost their lives in the Christchurch mosque attacks. As we know the horrendous… Audio
New technology - Sarah Putt
Technology commentator Sarah Putt looks at how social media giants failed to stop footage of the Christchurch mosque attack going viral - what can be done to prevent it happening again? And one of the… Audio
Facebook hit by worst outage in its history
Facebook has suffered the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of today.
Facebook sues over data-grabbing quizzes
Malicious quiz apps were used to harvest thousands of users' profile data, Facebook says.
Can the media use my FB comments without permission?
Several cases have cropped up recently of people posting comments on Facebook groups, and those comments being used by the media without permission Audio
Australian Dairy Farming Family Sells Up
This week Casey Treloar posted an emotional farewell video from her family's dairy farm in South Australia. After three generations on the farm, economics have forced them to sell up. Audio
Australian Dairy Farming Family Sells Up
This week Casey Treloar posted an emotional farewell video from her family's dairy farm in South Australia. After three generations on the farm, economics have forced them to sell up.
AudioSocial media regret: do we need an undo button?
Both Facebook and Twitter are introducing features to effectively erase posts and messages. Facebook is introducing an "unsend" feature for it's messenger service and Twitter is looking at allowing… Audio
What happens after a Facebook hiatus?
Stanford and NYU researchers have researched the unthinkable: leaving Facebook. Imagine no more friend requests, no more 'like' button, no more chiming in on the conversations of the day… Audio
Facebook pays teens to spy on them
Facebook is once again in hot water, after it was revealed the social media giant had been paying people for access to their private data. We talk through these issues with Privacy Commissioner John… Audio
How do the internet and Pacific peoples get on? It’s complicated
Writer and artist Lana Lopesi and academic Damon Salesa discuss the complicated relationship between Pasifika people and the internet – the subject of Lopesi's book False Divides. Audio
Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
What do young people want? In the ‘60s it was free love, but today it’s free media
Guyon Espiner explores the changing relationship between the media and the advertising industry which has previously bankrolled it with a panel of experts. Audio
Have media made a mistake pushing online video prompted by Facebook's flaky figures?
The news media made a “pivot to video” partly because social media users couldn’t get enough of it. But Facebook eventually admitted its figures were flaky and now it is being sued by advertisers in… Audio
