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Are dating apps aggravating our loneliness crisis?
With opaque algorithms, and pricey membership schemes, do dating apps really have users' best interests at heart? Audio
Protecting children from harmful online content
Jo Robertson is a therapist, educator and researcher. Earlier this year, she and others presented a petition to parliament - signed by over 10,000 - calling for internet service providers to… Audio
A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s
Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison… Audio
Popular social media site banned in Canada
Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about a popular social media site being banned in Canada, but it apparently won't stop Canadians from using it, tensions rising betweeb… Audio
Tourists of the future will have a different approach - industry body
How tourists plan and book their visits to Aotearoa, what they want to do and what experiences they value is changing, a tourism industry body says.
Inland Revenue told to allow taxpayers to opt out of social media data sharing
IRD says it will still use social media for marketing but stop using targeted lists of customers - though it did not rule out that approach being reactivated in future. Audio
Time scrolling exceeds time eating, exercising, new study shows
A Canterbury University study surveyed almost 400 social media users about their use of Facebook and Instagram and found many participants showed signs of addiction. Audio
ABBA's Bjorn among 11,500 artists to issue AI warning
Stars of music, literature, screen and stage put their names to statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial intelligence.
Fears foreign actors could stoke violence after US election
Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the 5 November US elections, intelligence officials say.
'The best is yet to come': Fibre infrastructure could bring $163b in economic benefits
However, fibre coverage would need to improve to 95 percent from the current 87 percent, Deloitte says.
Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in 'celeb-bait' crackdown
The photos of 50,000 public figures will be used to detect and block suspected scam advertisements.
The half a million dollar decision still baffling the book industry
In 2021, a largely-unknown company was given $500,000 by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Three years later, there are still more questions than answers about Narrative Muse. Audio
Missing Marokopa children's mum Cat
The mother of the three missing Marokopa kids says she's dumbfounded by the trolling and nasty comments she has experienced since 2021. Audio
Controversial $20 cookies spark flood of complaints
Sydney foodies queued and paid almost $20 a go to try TikTok-famous cookies - but the company deny any Australian presence. So who sold the cookies?
State's social media spying breaks the rules
Immigration investigators have broken the rules on using fake online profiles to spy on people's social media and been ordered to fix it. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
It Ends With Us ends with drama
The film has been a box office hit, despite - or maybe thanks to - the off-screen feud.
Australia to set minimum age for social media
The Australian government has committed to setting a minimum social media age limit, citing concerns about mental and physical health. Burnet Institute programme director of behaviours and health… Audio
Audiences switching off broadcast media to avoid harmful or offensive content
New research found half of Māori, Pacific, Asian and Muslim audiences felt media incited conflict and reinforced stereotypes.
Concerns IRD not taking privacy seriously
A software developer says the Inland Revenue Department is not taking privacy seriously, by sharing anonymised personal data with Facebook owner Meta for ad' campaigns. Software developer Jonathan… Audio
