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Dad wants daughter to be a YouTube star

Shreya Khurana in the studio at her Blockhouse Bay home, where she plans to start making content for her on YouTube channel.

Auckland dad says he's willing to pay a director "handsomely" to help his daughter launch her YouTube channel.

Pope: Give up trolling for Lent

Pope Francis at the Ash Wednesday Mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence for Christians before Easter. ...

Pontiff tells Catholics to 'disconnect' from phones and 'connect to the Gospel' on Ash Wednesday.

Facebook takes supremacists' cash

Members of a white supremacist group deface National Party signage in Auckland.

OPINION: We can all agree white supremacists aren't great, so why is it so hard for Facebook and Twitter to stop taking their money?

Why attack Jameela Jamil? video

Jameela Jamil tried to use her fame to advocate for women... some women didn't like that very much.

OPINION: "Stand Up For Women... No, Not Like That!" is our new anthem. Real catchy, if tuneless and self defeating is your thing.

Facebook knew breach could happen

Facebook failed to protect data ahead of hackers stealing personal data from millions of users.

Social media company failed to protect data ahead of hackers stealing personal data from millions of users.

Model seeks funds for long-distance love

Leah Pao is crowdfunding so she can fly to San Francisco and travel with her long-distance lover.

Woman who says NZ men "don’t cut it" is seeking donations to be reunited with her American lover.

NZ TikTok star back online video

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Jamayne Feast, 14, found International fame over the school holidays for a video he posted ...

Jamayne Feast, known for sparking the #FliFlaFlo trend on TikTok, has had his account restored.

Kiwi teen star kicked off TikTok video

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Jamayne Feast, 14, found International fame over the school holidays for a video he posted ...

Jamayne Feast, 14, had planned to use his fame to help others and wanted to pay for his mum's surgery. But TikTok removed his account.

Is Instagram stalking me too? video

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's long-promised "Off-Facebook Activity Tracker" is finally available - and it's an eye-opener.

ANALYSIS: Now we know Facebook is watching us - all the time. Here's what that means for Instagram.

FB will show you how it stalks you

Facebook's new tool allows you to view and reduce some of the surveillance from your account.

Ever suspect the Facebook app is listening to you? What we now know is even creepier.

Tiny US town's big fight with Facebook

Facebook's plan has attracted fierce opposition in the town.

Tierra del Mar has no stoplights or cellphone service, but Facebook says it's the perfect landing spot for an undersea cable. Now locals are fighting back.

Digital 'detox' mends friendships video

After the digital detox, the girls said they felt a lot more relaxed and could sleep much better.

Students were told to abstain from social media for one week, with successful results.

Seizure triggered by tweet

Kurt Eichenwald attending the premiere of the movie of version of his book 'The Informant'' in 2009.

A malicious GIF left a journalist partially paralysed. He wants to change how US law treats online attacks.

TikTok censored disabled users video

Jess Quinn is a body positivity campaigner and advocate for inclusivity and diversity.

The video sharing app admitted it restricted content from users identified as disabled, fat or LGBTQ+, claiming it was trying to prevent bullying.

Graphic videos of London attack emerge

Armed police surround a truck parked across lanes of traffic on London Bridge, following the incident in central London.

Videos of the moment UK police officers fatally shot a terror suspect are circulating online.

Trolls tell suicide survivor 'Kill yourself'

New research shows cyber bullying affects many adults as well as children.

New research showing 40 per cent of young adults have been cyberbullied is no surprise to mental health advocate Jazz Thornton who consistently experiences it herself.

Beauty industry’s dirty laundry

Last month the Instagram account Estée Laundry made waves for "outing" claims of bullying at beauty giant Mecca.

The Instagram account has gained credibility for holding the cosmetics industry accountable, but it has critics too.

Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook

Sacha Baron Cohen has slammed Mark Zuckerberg, calling his reasoning "madness".

The actor slammed Mark Zuckerberg for allowing Holocaust deniers to spread conspiracies.

Facebook isn't responsible for us

Forcing liability for defamatory posts on social media could undermine the business models of tech titans.

ANALYSIS: Forcing liability for defamatory posts on social media could undermine the business models of tech titans.

Restaurateurs don't want witch hunt video

Saluté restaurant co-owner Ken Miller says Greytown has been very inclusive on the whole.

A town with the nickname 'Gaytown' was accused on social media as having homophobic locals.

Airbnb to verify all listings

It's been a bad couple of weeks for Airbnb.

Scam forced platform into action.

One click changes everything

Hamish clicked one link for a laugh, but once you fall into the online marketing funnel it is hard to get out.

Hamish clicked one link for a laugh, but once you fall into the online marketing funnel it's hard to get out.

Facebook's 'progress' facelift

To incorporate the company's suite of applications - including Instagram and WhatsApp - Facebook's original branding got ...

The company is trying to be more transparent with its users.

Could Facebook breakup over cryptocurrency? video

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.

'You have opened up a serious discussion about whether Facebook should be broken up,' US congresswoman tells social network CEO.

Zuckerberg slammed on moderating

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the "good benefits" all content moderators employed by ...

Facebook moderators have 9 minutes "supervised wellness" time to get over the horrors they've seen.

Blocking the unblockable

YouTube has been criticised for a perceived failure to stem the flow of extremist content on its platform.

How does the Chief Censor cope when hundreds of potentially harmful videos are uploaded every day?

What's going on with Insta?

How's the Instagram like removal trial faring? It depends who you ask.

The likes are gone, but what does Instagram think of the experiment it ran in NZ?

Twitter tackles Trump

If Donald Trump breaks Twitter rules, he can expect his reach to be limited (a bit).

OPINION: Global leaders who break rules will have their reach limited.

Campaigning the frugal way video

Marlborough's mayoral candidates, from left, Jamie Arbuckle, Rick Ireland and John Leggett outside Blenheim's ASB Theatre.

Old billboards, car stickers and A4 signs in shop windows. How to keep campaign costs down.

Hiding likes would make Facebook better video

Research shows that hiding the popularity of posts can change what people consume, and even improve the overall quality ...

ANALYSIS: Research shows that hiding how popular something is can improve overall quality of content.

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