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Should New Zealand Consider a Social Media Ban for Kids?
ITP members had a lively debate on whether Aotearoa should follow in Australia’s footsteps and ban social media for under 16’s. So many pros and cons.
Tech firms like to make cancelling subscriptions infuriatingly hard – but regulators are starting to crack down
Big Tech companies have made it challenging to unsubscribe from their services. But regulation is coming and may provide relief for consumers struggling to easily find the cancel option.
AI, cryptocurrencies and data privacy: Comparing the Trump and Harris records on technology regulation
As a researcher of information systems and AI, I examined both candidates’ records on technology regulation. Here are the important differences.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a sign markets aren’t working
Whether and how we use that power is up to us, but we mightn’t have it for long. The more the new class of billionaires and trillionaires becomes entrenched, the more it will be able to use the political system to protect their interests rather than those of mere mortals.
Telegram founder’s arret. What happens next could change the course of big tech
Durov’s arrest marks another act in the often confusing and contradictory negotiation of how much responsibility platforms shoulder for the content on their sites.
Big tech companies were open to online safety regulation – why did NZ’s government scrap the idea?
when we looked at submissions from tech and social media companies on the proposed framework, we found companies such as Facebook, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) were broadly supportive of regulations – within certain limits.