The Takeover

A future without Facebook

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It's been a year since Trump shut down Facebook, and PM Winston Peters did the same in NZ.

Who's watching Facebook?

Then-Prime Minister John Key visited Facebook headquarters and met founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2011. Last year, he ...

For a business that's in most our pockets, there seems to be little Government oversight of Facebook.

My year without Facebook

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A teenager without Facebook seems almost unthinkable - but how hard could it be?

Facebook: Reality or fantasy

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Why do we feel the need to sugarcoat our lives for the benefit of our online "friends"?

Facebook: What’s not to like?

Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook doesn't want fake news.

The boss is giving his fortune away and staff apparently love working there.

We're the product video

It's free and always will be, so how is Facebook making so much money?

Trading on Facebook

Facebook's advertising platform allows businesses to target specific markets and set a budget for their ad.

Facebook's changing the way small Kiwi companies trade - but that helped kill off a local superhero.

It's always watching. And listening

Man stressing out looking at laptop.

Facebook gazed into my childhood - a level of omniscience that was new and bloody creepy to me.

Facebook's New Zealand tax gap video

Facebook's value approached US$400 billion (NZ$574b) not long after it announced it made US$27.6b in revenue last year.

Kiwi tax-payers give millions to Facebook for Government advertising but seem to get very little back in tax.

In search of Uncle Zuck video

Facebook data stored in Singapore

Facebook is surprisingly secretive about its New Zealand operation, so we went digging for answers.

Facebook wants to connect us all

Paul McCrory, interim managing director for Facebook New Zealand and Australia, says the company is listening and learning.

OPINION: Facebook wants to link Kiwis to the rest of the world. Every last one of us.

The signs of Facebook fatigue

Ask yourself: does Facebook make you happy?

Do you actually enjoy your use of social media? You might be over doing it.

Dancing with his great-nan video

Jarryd Stoneman with his nanny, Katie Thomas.

How 100 million Facebook video views affected a 24-year-old Kiwi and his great-nan.

My social media addiction

Facebook addiction

Facebook was my be all and end all. Until one day I realised just how damaging it could be.

Facebook: 'Thanks for the billions'

OPINION: Facebook peers into your past and present, making billions from the here and now, and nostalgia.

Facebook: the ultimate trip video

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Stock Photo -  This 'like' icon button is the voting system used to rate user comments on Facebook.

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Cocaine, heroin, slot machines, Facebook? How the social media giant makes sure you get lost in your newsfeed.

A problem with privacy

How private is your Facebook?

It's become harder and harder for Facebook users to understand and control their privacy settings, experts say.

Cracking Facebook's code

How does Facebook choose the adverts to show you in your news feed?

Can you beat the Facebook algorithm? Give it a try with our special interactive.

Who Facebook thinks you are video

You told it your name and school. But what more has Facebook worked out about you?

Facebook won't die with old people

Snapchat's popularity has clearly got some at Facebook worried.

As if willing it into reality, tech writers keep saying teens don't use Facebook. It simply isn't true.

Facebook is taking over

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OPINION: Why should we accept Facebook's ever-growing influence over us as inevitable?

Our new national obsession

Facebook is New Zealand's second-favourite "leisure" activity.

How to beat Facebook's bubble

Do you live in a social media bubble?

Facebook works flat out to give you what it thinks you want - but it's not always right. Here's how to take back control of your feed.

How to boost Facebook privacy

Facebook privacy settings.

Many of us have no idea how open our Facebook accounts are. Here are 5 easy ways to turn yours into a private fortress.

What Facebook does when you die

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Death is tricky for social networks. Facebook opts for compromise.

No Facebook, no problem video

Taylor Brien

Meet the people who have done away with the social-media monster.

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