Facebook ‘DELETES’ a Pauline Hanson cartoon for ‘voter suppression’ reasons – and One Nation leader claims she’s being censored by tech giants TikTok and Twitter too
- The AEC has written to Facebook over a One Nation cartoon skit about Albanese
- The video features both Anthony and Albanese advocating for fake postal votes
- The video has been taken down by some platforms and restricted by others
- Pauline Hanson’s One Nation cartoon skit spread ‘misleading’ postal vote claims
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson claims Facebook has deleted a cartoon skit she produced featuring ‘Penny Wong’ advocating for fake postal votes.
The satirical skit showed Senator Wong bringing a batch of fake votes to a Covid-positive Anthony Albanese, saying: ‘I brought you these.
‘These are postal votes under the names of dead people, fake identities, some were stolen out of letterboxes.’
The fake Ms Wong then falsely claimed that the Australian Electoral Commission doesn’t check identification documents as that would be ‘racist’, the AEC does check ID when Australians enrol to vote.
The skit – one of a lengthy series by Ms Hanson’s team – prompted a warning from the AEC – and later its deletion or restriction by a series of social media platforms.
Senator Hanson shared a series of screenshots showing Facebook was unable to be viewed by users.
Ms Hanson (pictured) claimed Tik Tok censored the episode of her cartoon series ‘Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain’
‘Your post goes against our Community Standards on voter suppression,’ the warning said.
The politician claimed TikTok had ‘censored’ the episode and Twitter was limiting shares and likes.
In a post responding to the AEC’s complaints Ms Hanson claimed her party was fighting continuously for electoral reforms and said she would not remove the video herself.
‘Sometimes the truth hurts, so I won’t be taking down the cartoon on any social media platform,’ Ms Hanson wrote.
The AEC said earlier on Friday: ‘We agree that satire is an important tool and it’s genuinely great to see it used effectively.
‘Unfortunately in this case it’s been used to spread misleading information about electoral security.’
The AEC wrote on a twitter thread featuring the video that Ms Hanson’s attempts at undermining democratic confidence were ‘extremely disappointing’.
‘Aspects of it are clearly false, and any registered party would know this,’ wrote the AEC.
No election the AEC has run has had a margin smaller than the number of alleged multiple votes and ID is required when a voter enrols claimed the AEC addressing the claims of One Nation’s cartoon.
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