Facebook have unpublished Senator Fraser Anning’s official page claiming “recent activity doesn’t follow the Facebook Pages Terms.”
The move comes after the Senator shared a video suggesting a ban on Muslim immigration would help to ensure the peace and safety of Australians.
“Facebook has just taken the unprecedented step in unpublishing a Commonwealth Politician’s page,” Senator Anning said on Twitter.
“Free speech is under attack, and communication is being regulated by foreign companies with tendencies of political bias.”
“This is completely unacceptable and we will fight this,” the Senator added.
Facebook has just taken the unprecedented step in unpublishing a Commonwealth Politicians page. Free speech is under attack, and communication is being regulated by foreign companies with tendencies of political bias. This is completely unacceptable and we will fight this. pic.twitter.com/J81lkECREP
— Senator Fraser Anning (@fraser_anning) September 28, 2018
A screenshot posted on social media suggests the video was initially reported for “displaying hate speech.”
“Since the Page where the video appears goes against Community Standards, we removed both the Page and all its posts, including the one you reported,” Facebook said.
Fwee Speech! Democwacee! etc etc – well, at least Senator Fraser Anning still has parliamentary privilege under which to spin his racist bin fire. pic.twitter.com/qIjp82kbYx
— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) September 28, 2018
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