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Pressure piles up on tech titans as Australia leads the charge
Mediawatch: Big tech platforms haven't tackled the misinformation they spread, while still soaking up most of the digital media revenue. Australia has confronted them on this and the news media have… Audio
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Australia ready to punish social media companies
10 Oct 2021The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications Minister Paul…
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Here's why Facebook went down today
5 Oct 2021The outage that took down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for about six hours, affecting billions of people around the world, may have been due to a tiny human error.
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Council's Zoom meeting goes viral as people pretend they're in it
24 Sep 2021Almost 300,000 people from throughout the world have watched a Waipā District Council Zoom meeting on YouTube, many pretending they're actually in a busy meeting to avoid family, workmates or chores. Video
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NZ director Jessica Hobbs crowned Outstanding Director at Emmys
20 Sep 2021New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs has won an Emmy award for The Crown.
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Peter Taylor: 50 years focused on a 100-year conflict
Mediawatch: BBC journalist Peter Taylor has spent half a century covering Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' - which has included risking his life meeting face-to-face with terrorists. Audio
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Emmy Awards 2021: Seven things to know ahead of the ceremony
19 Sep 2021Stars of the small screen are gearing up for the Emmy Awards, which will take place in Los Angeles later.
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Covid lockdown: Rule-breaking fires up debate on fairness and privilege
19 Sep 2021Mediawatch: One couple's Auckland lockdown rule-breaking prompted a pile-on, and while that briefly helped keep their names out of the headlines, it also fired up issues over the right to know… Audio
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Australian media ruling could change landscape in NZ
15 Sep 2021A recent ruling in Australia that saw media companies liable for defamatory posts on their social media pages could see businesses in New Zealand switch off comments, or shut down their pages…
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Peter Williams to leave Magic Talk
6 Sep 2021Broadcaster Peter Williams is leaving his role as Magic Talk Mornings host, and will retire after nearly half a century in broadcasting.
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TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick resigns after nine years at the helm
Kenrick said he would take an extended break before making any decisions about future roles.
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BSA rejects complaint about 'f***-knuckles, c**k and piss, balls'
25 Aug 2021The Broadcasting Standards Authority has not upheld a complaint about a 95bFM promo including a string of swear words it has used for 25 years.
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NZME reports profit rise as NZ Herald subscriber numbers grow
24 Aug 2021Media company NZME had a strong start to the year with a significant reduction in debt and an increase in subscriber numbers.
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Rocket Lab bid to raise US$467M on Nasdaq
21 Aug 2021Rocket Lab shares are due to begin trading on New York's Nasdaq exchange on Thursday.
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RNZ challenged on turning stolen data into news
Mediawatch - RNZ aired a scoop sourced from information stolen from Waikato DHB before a court ordered all media to dump the dodgy data. Was RNZ unethical, or was the public interest being well… Audio
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Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images
6 Aug 2021Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material on customers' devices.
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The problem with economists' forecasts
25 Jul 2021Mediawatch: The data is clear - economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media? Audio
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Unusual cyber activity at four DHBs under investigation
23 Jul 2021An ICT provider says the activity was detected at Northland, Waitematā, Auckland and Counties Manukau health boards.
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Spyware used to target activists, leak suggests
19 Jul 2021Israeli tech firm NSO denies media reports that its software has been sold to authoritarian regimes.
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CertNZ warns NZ users of Kaseya VSA to shut it down
3 Jul 2021CertNZ is warning New Zealand organisations using Kaseya VSA software to manage their IT infrastructure they may be at risk of an attack by a Russian-based ransomware.
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New public media entity not just about 'smashing' RNZ and TVNZ together
Work on a new public media entity continues at pace and the head of the governance group says they are now getting into the "real nitty gritty" - the management case.
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ID scans sought after violence at pubs: 'Punched, kicked, threatened'
16 Jun 2021A rise in violence and racial abuse has led a Northland publican to photograph punters and scan their IDs, or they won't be allowed a pint.
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Newstalk ZB host Martin Devlin off air again
27 May 2021Newstalk ZB host Martin Devlin has been taken off air again while owner NZME investigates an incident, the media company said.
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AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs
26 May 2021A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told.
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