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Disconnected under lockdown: What digital inequality looks like in a pandemic

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When Covid-19 forced New Zealanders to live most of their lives online it exacerbated the effects of digital exclusion. Jean Teng spoke to the organisations that kept vulnerable communities connected during the pandemic. From job hunting and banking to watching TV and scrolling through the news, there is hardly a corner of modern life untouched … Read more

Liar liar, platforms on fire: the rise of misinformation and what to do about it

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Social media has provided access to more information than ever, but at the same time it’s harder than ever to tell what’s real and what’s fake. InternetNZ policy advisor Nicola Brown looks back at the year Fake News broke the internet.  Bad news spreads fast. In 2018 we saw what might be the breaking point of … Read more