Facebook now deleting 66k posts a week in anti-hate campaign

Facebook said it deleted about 66,000 posts a week in the last two months as the social media giant cracks down on what it deems to be hate speech.The company said in a blog post that deleting posts can "feel like censorship," but... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Why you'll be sorry when encryption is broken

Ahead of this week's Five-Eyes meeting in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Australian and UK politicians have made it clear that they will try to force companies like Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft to break encryption. This... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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New study of Seattle's $15 minimum wage says it costs jobs

SEATTLE (AP) " Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has cost the city jobs, according to a study released Monday that contradicted another new study published last week.A University of Washington team studying the law's effects... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Waikato's largest riverside mansion boasting boat ramp and indoor pool for sale

What is possibly the Waikato's largest mansion boasting breathtaking river views, five bedrooms, five bathrooms, an indoor heated swimming pool and a private boat ramp, is for sale and is likely to fetch one of the region's biggest... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Max Whitehead: Pay equity move may hurt economy

• Max Whitehead is the the chief operating officer of Small Business Voice, an organisation that assists small businesses and advocates for the sector New Zealand women are paid on average less than men for similar, if not... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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America's Cup win will transform Auckland: property boss

Our city's waterfront will be transformed when Auckland stages the next America's Cup in four years time, a construction and development expert says.Mark McGuinness of luxury apartment specialists Willis Bond said the win would... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Mark Lister: Ignore the tech revolution at your peril

The director of automation at carmaker General Motors made some interesting comments in April. He was talking about connecting a quarter of their factory robots to the internet. Apparently they detect faults quicker, reducing down-time... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Twelve Questions with Advanced Security chief executive Michael Marr

Advanced Security chief executive Michael Marr is pioneering the use of drones for security with new technology expected to earn $300 million worldwide in the next few years. The former sparky from Pukekohe is about to sleep rough... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Italy makes 5.2B euros in resources to keep 2 banks afloat

ROME (AP) " The Italian government is making 5.2 billion euros ($5.8 billion) of resources available to keep operative two banks that the European Central Bank last week had deemed "failing or about to fail," sending them into insolvency... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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UK: All building cladding samples tested failed fire safety

LONDON (AP) " Britain's government urged local officials across the country Sunday to urgently submit samples of tower block cladding after tests found that all samples tested so far have failed fire safety standards.In London,... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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