Facebook's suicide prevention tool: blue thumbs up?
It's been blamed for increasing anxiety in some users, but now the world's largest social network, Facebook is launching a suicide prevention tool to offer support to at-risk users. From today, people… Audio
New Facebook features to support with mental ill-health
Facebook is rolling out features aimed at helping people who might be suffering mental ill-health. Audio
Could Google results change an election ?
If you've seen the show House of Cards you'll know the storyline about the presidential candidate using the search engine PollyHop to find out what the voters think and believe. That show is fiction… Audio
How to fix the digital economy: Douglas Rushkoff
Media theorist, professor, and graphic novelist Douglas Rushkoff's been in love with the internet since its cyberpunk beginnings. But in his latest book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth… Audio
Facebook accused of anti-conservative bias
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is to meet with prominent US conservatives in the media to address allegations of political bias.
New technology with Sarah Putt
Sarah Putt discusses technology battles in and out of court, Oracle vs Google, Facebook vs Periscope and Amazon vs YouTube. Audio
Bernard Hickey: The Publishing Industry
Jim Mora talks to the publisher of Hive News, a Wellington-based political and economic subscription news email service, about the publishing industry and media paywalls. Audio
Queen looking for twitter expert
And finally, as we mentioned earlier, the Queen is advertising for someone to manage her Twitter and Facebook accounts. Audio
Emily Bell: social media and the future of news
Toby Manhire interviews Emily Bell, Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, at Columbia Journalism School, who recently delivered the lecture, The End of… Audio
Iyad el-Baghdadi: after the Arab Spring
Toby Manhire interviews the stateless Palestinian writer, human rights activist and entrepreneur, who became prominent for tweeting and commenting on the Arab Spring, and was then expelled from the… Audio
Police turn to social media in crime fight
Police are increasingly using social media to help fight crime, but how well is it actually working?
RNZ sanctioned for anti-social social media messages
The online news media regulator has ruled RNZ didn’t act quickly enough when unpleasant and extreme comments appeared on Facebook recently. When are the media responsible for bad things other people… Video, Audio
RNZ sanctioned for anti-social social media messages
The online news media regulator has ruled RNZ didn’t act quickly enough when unpleasant and extreme comments appeared on Facebook recently. When are the media responsible for bad things other people…
Video, AudioCorporate giants under increasing pressure to pay more tax
Facebook is the latest major corporate to bow to the increasing pressure mounting on multi-national companies to pay their fair share of tax. It will start paying tax on major advertisement revenue in… Audio
Tech: Netflix VPNs and Facebook Reactions
Peter Griffin with technology news. This week an update on how Netflix is cracking down on the use of VPNs by New Zealanders accessing its services. Also virtual reality dominates the news coming out… Audio
Facebook fight page taken down
Facebook has taken down a page promoting videos of people fighting - including school pupils. Audio
Terry the piglet becomes facebook sensation
Carolyn Press-Mckenzie from Helping You Helping Animals is the current owner of Terry, a Captain Cook pig. He was rescued from the side of the road after his mother was killed. Video, Audio
Violence on Facebook
A video of a man being beaten up has had 260,000 views on Facebook. Audio
Zuckerberg plans to build AI in 2016
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg plans to build artificial intelligence to help him around the house and with his work.
