A woman in Christchurch received debt-related texts meant for the former director of a failed company, highlighting concerns about how telecoms recycle phone numbers and the lack of safeguards to prevent private data from being sent to individuals who no longer own the number.
Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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Up to 12 framings spread across outlets. Each framing is the LLM's one-line characterisation of the article's editorial angle — not a quote.
standard industry procedure for number reallocation
‘You owe $11,000’: Woman shocked after getting boss of failed company’s old number - and his debt textsSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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