The Latest Breaking News from Netsafe

A new programme of 10 to 14-year-olds earning a licence to get online has cyber safety advocates Netsafe hoping young Kiwis will be prepared before they're “let loose” on the internet.

Big tech companies agreed on Monday to reduce harmful online content in New Zealand, making a move that critics said dodged the alternative of government regulation. Meta Platforms Inc, Alphabet-owned Google , TikTok, Amazon.com Inc and Twitter had signed a code of practice, said Netsafe, a government-funded internet-safety group, Reuters…

Netsafe did not tell its ministerial paymasters that it spent nearly $20,000 on a secret payout to a senior advisor accused of assaulting a family member.

Victims' advocate calls for independent inquiry, as details emerge of another payout – to a former police inspector facing violence charges.

Netsafe wrongly told the Govt it had apologised to three women whose private information it supplied to a criminal stalker. When it finally apologised, one of the victims wrote back...

The Government has considered a formal investigation into Netsafe's conduct after Newsroom reports of bullying and privacy breaches by management.

Mounting questions over public funding for agency as it blows its budget on a string of bullying and breach of privacy cases.

Harassed women call for review of millions in government contracts for Netsafe, after humiliation and injury finding by tribunal.

Online bullying agency struggles with employment actions, a big financial loss – and now a judgment on the whether it breached the privacy rights of three women.