Cambridge Analytica
Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce talks shortages in the auto industry, Facebook shareholder fury over a big fine and a crypto-trading hamster. No. Really.
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at… Audio
The Kiwi researcher exposing the links between the religious right & Trump
A New Zealand researcher has helped expose how data is being harvested and used by churches in the US to microtarget and radicalise vulnerable people into right-wing politics. Video, Audio
Behind the scenes of an epic PR fail
The documentary film Influence lifts the lid on how one of the world’s biggest PR companies - Bell Pottinger - destroyed itself when its unethical conduct in South Africa was exposed. Mediawatch asks… Video, Audio
Behind the scenes of an epic PR fail
The documentary film Influence lifts the lid on how one of the world’s biggest PR companies - Bell Pottinger - destroyed itself when its unethical conduct in South Africa was exposed. Mediawatch asks…
Video, AudioTechnology best and worst of the decade
Technology correspondent Sarah Putt examines the tech ideas and events that have happened between 2010 and 2019 that have changed the way we live. Audio
David Carroll - Cambridge Analytica and ‘The Great Hack’
Professor David Carroll, from Parsons School of Design in New York, is one of the central figures in 'The Great Hack', a recently released Netflix documentary looking at the Cambridge… Video, Audio
Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Elizabeth Denham - Fighting data crime
Elizabeth Denham is the UK Information Commissioner and lead the raid on Cambridge Analytica in March this year. She gained a warrant to search the London-based data analytics company's records over… Audio
Should Govt agencies adopt Facebook’s business tool?
As Facebook comes under ever increasing scrutiny over data security, a growing number of government ministries and agencies in New Zealand are adopting Facebook's business communications tool… Audio
Mark Zuckerberg faces heat in Facebook probe
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told US senators that the company is attempting to change in light of recent criticism facing the world's largest social network. The 33-year-old internet mogul was… Audio
No need for NZers to delete Facebook - NetSafe
Thousands of New Zealanders' data was exposed in the Facebook data breach, but while it is a reminder to take privacy seriously there's no need to quit the platform altogether, NetSafe says.
Cambridge Analytica: Data used to influence 2016 US election
The whistleblower for data mining company Cambridge Analytica has made some astonishing claims while giving evidence to a British parliamentary committee. Christopher Wylie says he helped develop an… Audio
Facebook faces Federal Trade Commission privacy inquiry
The US Federal Trade Commission will investigate Facebook over how private data on millions of users was given to Cambridge Analytica.
Impact for NZ of Facebook's privacy breach: Jordan Carter
The investigation into Cambridge Analytica is ongoing. It's alleged to have harvested the information of millions of Facebook users and used it to profile and target voters during the US election and… Audio
Explainer: Why you should care about Cambridge Analytica
Facebook has lost billions of dollars in value, because of something about data. Confused? Here's what it means, and what could come next. Audio
The Cambridge Analytica fallout
The Cambridge Analytica files have caused a huge fallout, its CEO now suspended, after a UK newspaper revealed the company used underhanded tricks to sway election campaigns. Audio
US watchdog investigates Cambridge Analytica, Facebook
The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations 50 million users' private information was misused by Cambridge Analytica.
The Facebook, Cambridge Analytica saga, explained
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been asked to appear before British MPs who are probing the misuse of users' private data to help swing elections. The request comes after Britain's Information… Audio
