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The little-known tool to help hold social media giants to account

13 August 2025

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.

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Starting Somewhere: Andrew Cushen on The Code for Online Safety and Harm

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.

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The little-known tool to help hold social media giants to account

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. Read more

13 August 2025

The Code News

Starting Somewhere: Andrew Cushen on The Code for Online Safety and Harm

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. Read more

13 August 2025

Reducing risk of harmful online content

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Progress and potential – review highlights big tech performance in reducing online harm in NZ

A world-first initiative aimed at reducing the risk of harmful online content in New Zealand continues to gather momentum.  NZTech Chief Executive Graeme Muller has today welcomed the first evaluation of the reporting required by the Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice for Online Safety a

12 February 2024

We’re uniting tech firms to help ensure positive online experiences for all New Zealanders.

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Recognised internationally, New Zealand online safety code announces the members of its Oversight Committee

May 31, 2023 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

31 May 2023

The Code News

Global tech companies meet first commitment under the NZ Code

NZTech, NetSafe and tech company Signatories to the self-regulatory Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harm Reduction (the ‘NZ Code’), have announced today the appointment of an interim-Director and have published their first compliance reports, in line with their Code

20 December 2022

Reducing the risk of online content that may cause harm to New Zealanders.

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Netsafe, NZTech and global tech companies act to tackle digital harms

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 Instagram), Google (YouTube), TikTok, Twitchand Twitter have signed into existence the Aotearoa N

25 July 2022

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