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If he were alive today, even St Paul would be texting, Tweeting and firing off emails to get the news out, Pope Francis says marking a day to celebrate social communication.

The National Party says the Australian government's push to make Google share royalties with news publishers is too heavy handed.

A group fighting against the sexual exploitation of children says the problem has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic.

New Zealand lawmakers should not be intimidated by threats from Google to remove its search engine from Australia, a tech expert says.

Iran's Supreme Leader has posted online an apparent call for an attack on Donald Trump in revenge for last year's killing of its top military commander.

As US law enforcement agencies increase their monitoring of far-right extremists, sorting the real threats from the bluster is among their biggest headaches.

A cybersecurity professor is warning businesses to keep on top of their systems, or face bigger bills to fix the fallout after a cyber-attack.

The Council for Civil Liberties is challenging a claim by former National Party leader Simon Bridges that people should have total freedom of expression on Twitter. Audio

Opinion - After leaving Twitter, Jessica Berentson-Shaw makes a plea for social media systems that minimise harm and help shape disagreement into something more nuanced.

US news media took a beating from Covid-19 in 2020. Kiwi journalist and entrepreneur Hamish McKenzie runs a publishing platform-Substack - that boomed in 2020, giving journalists important audiences…

In recent years social media has helped give a voice to survivors of abuse, but group mentalities are fickle. Jogai Bhatt looks back at a fraught year of social media justice.

There are hopes the online learning the pandemic forced on schools this year will permanently change the way many teachers work.

New laws forcing tech giants Google and Facebook to pay news organisations for access to their journalism will be introduced to Parliament in Canberra today.