New Zealand already has a measure tailor-made for holding social media and other digital platforms to account, it’s just not talked about much, writes Andrew Cushen.
13 August 2025
This week’s Fireside Chat was a conversation with Andrew Cushen, Executive Director of The Code — Aotearoa’s voluntary industry agreement where platforms like Meta, TikTok, Google, X and Twitch commit to tackling online safety and harm.
13 August 2025
The Code receives international praise from the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The WEF has recognised New Zealand’s new industry led online safety code for “boosting accountability, and improving collaboration between technology platforms, government, and civil society” in its latest digital safety insight report.
31 May 2023
NZTech, NetSafe and tech company Signatories to the self-regulatory Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harm Reduction (the ‘Code’), have announced today the appointment of an interim-Director and have published their first compliance reports, in line with their Code commitments.
20 December 2022
Netsafe, NZTech and five of the world’s leading technology companies have collaboratedon a joint agreement that sets a benchmark for online safety in the Asia Pacific region.Today, Meta (Facebook and …
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