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Tech Giants to Self-regulate in Reducing Harmful Content in New Zealand

Big tech companies agreed on Monday to reduce harmful online content in New Zealand, making a move that critics said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Social media companies promise to reduce harmful content in New Zealand

Meta, TikTok, Google, Amazon and Twitter sign ‘world first’ voluntary code, which critics say is a move designed to fend…

The Guardian - AU

Tech giants sign pact to tackle digital harm

A first of its kind agreement between social media platforms and digital stakeholders in NZ aims to set an industry…

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Digital harm soaring year on year

Online safety watchdog Netsafe has organised a week of events targeting the heightened vulnerability of groups like Māori, disabled people…

Parental oversharing jeopardises Kiwi kids' privacy

With the ever-increasing presence of social media in people’s lives, a privacy law expert says New Zealand has a long…

Govt learns of undisclosed Netsafe exit package through the media – again

Netsafe did not tell its ministerial paymasters that it spent nearly $20,000 on a secret payout to a senior advisor…

Netsafe made secret exit payment to advisor accused of domestic assault

Victims' advocate calls for independent inquiry, as details emerge of another payout – to a former police inspector facing violence…

'Nothing has changed': Victim's acerbic response to belated Netsafe apology

Netsafe wrongly told the Govt it had apologised to three women whose private information it supplied to a criminal stalker.…

Anti-bullying agency Netsafe apologises to government but not to victims

The Government has considered a formal investigation into Netsafe's conduct after Newsroom reports of bullying and privacy breaches by management.

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Publicly funded anti-bullying agency Netsafe faces new employment case

Mounting questions over public funding for agency as it blows its budget on a string of bullying and breach of…

$100k cyberstalking ruling prompts questions about public funding for Netsafe

Harassed women call for review of millions in government contracts for Netsafe, after humiliation and injury finding by tribunal.

Embattled, cash-strapped Netsafe faces ruling on human rights breaches

Online bullying agency struggles with employment actions, a big financial loss – and now a judgment on the whether it breached the…