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Catfishing and strange approaches: Social media's a scary place for under 16s, parents say
'The big problem is the invisible stuff that we as parents don’t see or even know about.'
"I made mistakes": Principal, parents issue warnings over childhood social media use
A principal, parents and a safety educator speak about the risks to children amid obsessive social media consumption. Video / Mike Scott / Carson Bluck
Man collected 1.2m child exploitation images over 20 years
'They were real victims and their suffering was recorded for the world to see.'
Tragic toll of online abuse outlined in pleas for Govt to take action
Dysfunctional, sluggish official responses blasted amid escalating online harms.
Under-reporting: Netsafe says online fraud actually costs Kiwis $470m per year
The cost has doubled since a 2018 report; Netsafe funding and oversight changes are eyed.
Travel hackers: How airport selfies are exposing travellers to cyber crime
That smug ‘airport selfie’ could be sharing more than jealousy online.
How social media killed Molly Russell
Can our children be truly safe online? Warning: Distressing content.
Kids 'assaulted' in social media craze
Whanganui police say the issue is affecting a number of local schools.
Google threats shouldn't make NZ government wary - expert
Google's search engine threats shouldn't worry NZ government, says expert.
Phone scammer tricks Dunedin woman out of $15k
Fake Spark employee told 69-year-old woman her Spark account had been hacked.
'Ugly and vicious': Top Auckland girls school warns about online bullying
Epsom Girls Grammar School said the warning was not prompted by any specific incident.
The new sex landscape: Paying for homemade porn
Sex workers share how subscription-based erotic content is changing the porn landscape.
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Editorial: Censorship is sometimes necessary to protect the most vulnerable people.
'Predatory': Westmere mum finds porn virus on 12yo's phone
Malware infects young girl's phone with predatory porn.
Scams target NZ sex cheats
Ashley Madison has hit NZ and extortionists are using data from the website demand thousands of dollars not to inform cheaters' partners and families.
Despite dangers, kids stay online
Parents willingly expose their children to the dangers of the internet because it is essential for them to be online, a visiting internet expert says.
Teacher's racy photos defended
A former schoolmate has lashed out at criticism of a teacher whose professionalism was questioned when students circulated racy photos she posted on Facebook.
Racy photos land teacher in strife
An assistant principal who posted racy photographs of herself on her Facebook profile faces a review after the images circulated among her students.
Elderly man jailed after Facebook sex abuse
A 73-year-old Christchurch man who posed as a teenage girl on Facebook, friending and convincing a local girl to show him sexualised videos, has been jailed for three years.
Criminals target social media
The face of cybercrime is changing as criminals target social networking sites and mobile devices, and a new report says New Zealanders are vulnerable.
Facebook critics of principal to be prosecuted
Commentators who joined in a vicious online attack against a new school principal will be prosecuted, police say.