15 Oct 2016

Flaming phones and selling social media: the data market

From This Way Up, 12:30 pm on 15 October 2016

Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are selling information about us to law enforcement agencies, according to a US report.

Also newly released advertising figures show just how much clout Facebook has in New Zealand's media landscape.

And a horrible week for Samsung, with the recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 handsets over a fault that makes them spontaneously combust.