A woman who wants to be sterilised has faced vitriolic abuse after speaking out about her desire not to have children.

Here are the top 10 internet moments of 2015 including the viral dress, Cecil the lion and the pizza rat.

Woman documents her severe reaction to hair dye which left her looking "like an alien".

The Kiwi plumber who shot to fame with his epic GoPro travel video is at it again.

Cat pictures are funny and harmless - but there's a sinister undercurrent and a serious point to be made.

Secondary Principals' Association executive discussed fresh incidents involving schoolboys and shocking posts on social media with police last week.

An Australian man has had his Facebook account deleted multiple times - all because of his name.

Tinder and LinkedIn couldn't be more different: One helps you find dates; the other, jobs.

Mark D'Arcy, the West Auckland-raised chief creative officer of Facebook is a mercurial potato head.

Getting the message across to the millennial generation is all about going mobile first and using social media, says a business development expert.

As research discovers Facebook can increase feelings of sadness, Rachel Halliwell explains how she found the social media sweet spot.

From early to mid-January, the Oldfriends site will be closed down and you won't be able to access it any more. Any data will also be deleted.

Dumped on Facebook by a friend? Me too, writes Laura Marcus, and it stings. Here she looks at online friendships and their effect on your self-esteem.

The latest prescription of this sort comes from a Danish think tank called the Happiness Research Institute, which this week published a new report on the connection between Facebook use and basically every negative emotion a human can feel.

A study has found abstaining from Facebook increases life satisfaction, improves concentration, and reduces feelings of loneliness and stress.

Social media company rejected New Zealand mother's advert because of just two words.

An employee's cruel act has been caught on camera, sparking outrage on social media.

Police have let school boys off with warnings after they performed lewd acts on drunk girls and posted pictures online.

It's something of a tradition now to film drunk girls - sometimes guys - at the Melbourne Cup and upload them for others to laugh at, Heather writes.

Friends say Essena O'Neill's reasons for quitting social media are bogus.

A lovestruck barista has suffered online backlash for his 'inappropriate' message on a teenager's coffee cup.

The model who gave up social media has released a teary video asking for donations to help fund her lifestyle.

Twitter users think so.

A model with half a million followers has revealed why she's quitting social media and the 'empty, deluded' life it brought her.

Winslet says social networking sites make her "blood boil" because of the huge impact they have on the self-esteem of girls and women.

It's the rugby version of Ellen's famous Hollywood selfie.

No matter what happens tomorrow, the All Blacks have already won the social media World Cup says one commentator.

Images of mountainous vistas with shadowy, sometimes hairy, intrusions could be the next photo-sharing craze on social media.

Family members could be kept alive forever virtually so living relatives could interact with their avatars, an academic has suggested.