Action Station commissioned a report on online harassment in New Zealand. The results were disheartening, showing high levels of abuse aimed at minorities in Aotearoa. They argue current legislation has not kept up with the internet and how abuse is now happening online. Lachlan spoke with Leroy Beckett from Action station about the report.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston interviews Maria Bellringer, Director of the Gambling and Addictions Research Centre at AUT, about gambling habits in lockdown and gambling regulations in Aotearoa. Maria explains that online gambling is not as popular in lockdown as you might think and although online platforms attract more young people, it tends to attract those that already gamble in real life at casinos and bars. They also discuss how gambling is regulated in New Zealand and what she believes needs to be done to keep more New Zealander's safe from gambling harm.
Most of us have probably heard of Bitcoin, but we might not all specifically know what it is or how it actually works. A new local company called MyBitcoinSaver aims to change that, by providing Kiwis with a platform through which they can easily buy and save their own Bitcoin. Our News Director Ximena caught up with the company's co-founder Sam Blackmore yesterday to chat about what Bitcoin is and the ins and outs of how it works.
Vanessa Crofskey and Kimmi Rindel are in studio to talk about Wellness Analysis Techniques LimitedTM at Window gallery. The project, which exists across Window's onsite and online spaces, is both an exploration of corporate wellness culture and an earnest look at alternative forms of health practice. Onsite: Daily Exposure, Online: Strange Islands Online.
Today on the Greendesk Bronnie spoke to representatives from School Strikes for Climate New Zealand about their online strike event this Friday. May 15th will be the fourth time New Zealand youths will strike, inspired by Swedish teengager GretaThunberg’s “Friday’s for Future” movement. Coco Lovatt from Avondale College and Oli Morphew from Wellington Girls’ College were both involved with the historical strikes last September which saw 170,000 people take to the streets nationwide.
You can join the online strike this Friday May 15th by going along to their Facebook event. They are also encouraging people to sign their open letter to the government to adopt a Green Covid Response, and also the Greenpeace petition to the same effect.
Stella speaks to senior lecturer at UoA, Chris Wilson, about his two papers (How online interaction radicalises while group involvement restrains: a case study of Action Zealandia from 2019 to 2021; Explaining the gap between online violent extremism and offline inaction among far right groups: a study of Action Zealandia from 2019 to 2021) that analyse and document the infilitration of Action Zelandia, an right-wing extremist group.
Netsafe NZ recently reported an increasing trend in people from the LGBTQIA+ community, sending and receiving harmful digital communications.
Jess Hopkins interviews Martin Cocker, the CEO of Netsafe NZ, about how the online safety organisation helps those experiencing harassment and bullying online.
They also discuss COVID-19 misinformation and whether Netsafe saw a surge in harmful online behaviour during lockdown periods.
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