Cybercriminals have adapted their tactics to take advantage of vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic and extorting more money than ever before.

Analysis – It’s not entirely surprising that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit her weekly Newstalk ZB interview with Mike Hosking. After all, it was a tough interview each week.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority’s decision to no longer take complaints from people upset about the use of te reo Māori on-air and on-screen has been welcomed.

Using te reo Māori on air is not in breach of the country’s broadcasting standards and the BSA is saying that’s the end of the matter, refusing to hear further complaints on it.

Mediawatch – An article published in the Northland Age newspaper on Tuesday and on the New Zealand Herald website has been withdrawn after it was condemned as racist.

Google will not build or use alternative tools to track web browsing traffic once it begins phasing out existing technology from its Chrome browser next year, the company says.

MediaWorks has admitted a racist on-air exchange between John Banks and a caller on Magic Talk breached broadcasting standards – and it represented an “organisational and editorial failure”.

Facebook will walk back from its block on Australian news sites, after a backlash to its response to proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.

Opinion: Facebook’s move is either a last-ditch attempt to gain concessions in Australia’s legislation or a simple cut-and-run, writes Diana Bossio for The Conversation.

Facebook’s head of policy in the Asia-Pacific argues it was the government’s proposed law that pushed them to “inadvertently” block emergency services pages during bushfire season.