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Dealers selling hard drugs on Facebook Marketplace; claims Meta slow to act

Herald finds 56 different ads for drugs for sale in just one day.

Drug dealers openly advertise the sale of class A drugs on Facebook Marketplace

Meta has been criticised over delayed action.

Their water taps ran dry when Meta built next door

NYT: In the race to develop AI, tech giants are building data centres that guzzle water.

Silicon Valley to NZ: Kiwi Facebook Marketplace inventor is back home to give back

Bowen Pan says NZ's tech sector is 'unrecognisable for the better' after 13 years away.

Meta breaks promise, plans to introduce ads on WhatsApp

Ads will roll out to three billion users, violating a 2014 'no ads' pledge.

YouTube loosens rules guiding the moderation of videos

New York Times: YouTube now allows more rule-breaking content if deemed public interest.

Facebook NZ says profit and revenue down as it sends $159m to Ireland

Facebook NZ releases result soon after Google, and after digital tax bill ditched.

Anti-trans posts pass muster under Meta’s new hate-speech rules

The controversial posts were reshared on TikTok, sparking widespread debate.

Kiwi Facebook insider’s exposé alleges bad behaviour at the top

NY Times: Kiwi's memoir offers inside account of a company run by 'self-absorbed leaders'.

Facebook down: Users experiencing global outage

Users have reported receiving an error message when trying to access on desktop.

Netsafe’s tech ties spark calls for independent regulator

Online safety campaigners say Netsafe is too close to the big tech.

Meta expands Instagram ‘Teen Account’ protections to NZ

How they work; where Aussie is at with its under-16 social media ban passed last November.

Meta will pay $44 million to settle Trump lawsuit alleging censorship

The settlement is a major concession by Meta after it had suspended Trump's account.

Tesla results miss estimates, Meta posts big profit

It was a mixed year for Elon Musk's vehicle company.

Nvidia, US stocks close higher after Chinese AI shock

Nvidia clawed back some of yesterday's losses after the DeepSeek shock.

Meta ends fact-checking; whistleblower warns NZ lawmakers

Facebook is ending third-party fact-checking, moving to user-driven Community Notes.