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Girls campaign online
Young women are striking back against the Roast Busters Facebook gang in a bid to support alleged victims and stand up to what they say is a lack of action against rape culture.

Wendyl Nissen: The truth about the Facebook generation
The fact that when the Roast Busters story hit the news my 15-year-old daughter took one look at the television and said "Oh yeah, those guys. Everyone's seen their page."

Complaint made by victim
A 15-year-old girl who says she was a victim of the Roast Busters group made a complaint to police two years ago, contradicting the official line that they could not prosecute members of the gang because no one had complained.

Site claims Roast Busters link
Police have been called after at least one copycat Facebook group appeared following the Roast Busters underage sex scandal.

Roast Busters: Hosts 'victim blaming'
Radio hosts Willie Jackson and John Tamihere have been accused of "victim-blaming'' over their questioning of a young woman who is friends with a Roast Busters group victim.

New Roast Busters vigilante group
Another vigilante group has sprung up on Facebook promising $4000 for footage of "Roast Busters" members "getting hidings."

Apology over 'Roast Busters' activity
One of the founders of a group calling themselves the Roast Busters has apparently apologised online for his involvement in the group.

Wall St ready for Twitter
Wall St is aflutter over Twitter, which is this week set to make the most anticipated stock market debut since Facebook in a huge test for social media and the technology sector.

Govt eyes clampdown on clamping
The Government is reviewing a voluntary code of conduct for wheel-clamping, which Labour and the Automobile Association want made mandatory, with a maximum $50 fee.

Twitter's new feature divides users
Twitter says its new changes make the social media platform "more visual and engaging" - but not all users are impressed, writes social media editor Paul Harper.

Theresa Sauter: Facebook in bind over censorship
In the past week, Facebook has gone full circle on its policy around censoring violent material, writes Theresa Sauter.

White House official fired for tweets
A White House official was fired after it was discovered that he was behind an anonymous Twitter account that criticised the Obama administration.

Police Minister's Twitter 'poopoo' booboo
A prankster appears to have had some fun at the expense of the Minister of Police.

Paper emerges from the ashes as 'world's daily' reborn
A little piece of Paris and a part of media history steps into a new era today when the International Herald Tribune dies and is reborn as the International New York Times.

Royals sparks racism row
A blogger has sparked furious debate with a claim that Lorde's hit Royals is racist.

Liam Dann: Twitter vs Facebook - how to turn a profit?
Twitter.inc last week filed the documents for an initial public share offer that will see it raise US$1 billion.

Poll shows severity of online bullying
More than a million young people in Britain are subjected to extreme online bullying every day, according to the biggest survey of internet abuse.

Kiwi tech companies making marketing mistakes
New Zealand tech companies are taking an "inefficient spear-fishing approach" to marketing, says a new study.

NSA spying on social links
For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections.