{"id":2440,"date":"2021-12-03T13:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/craig-kelly-mp-banned-from-facebook-appointed-to-parliaments-social-media-inquiry-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:06:00","slug":"craig-kelly-mp-banned-from-facebook-appointed-to-parliaments-social-media-inquiry-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/craig-kelly-mp-banned-from-facebook-appointed-to-parliaments-social-media-inquiry-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Kelly: MP banned from Facebook appointed to parliament\u2019s social media inquiry &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Choice of the MP, who has been criticised for posting \u2018misleading\u2019 vaccine information online, raises other committee members\u2019 eyebrows<br \/>\nLast modified on Fri 3 Dec 2021 04.40 GMT<br \/>\nThe federal MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/craig-kelly\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Craig Kelly<\/a> \u2013 who has been permanently banned from Facebook and criticised for the online distribution of \u201cseriously misleading\u201d information about Covid-19 vaccines \u2013 has been appointed to a parliamentary committee looking into social media and online safety.<br \/>\nThe appointment has raised eyebrows among other members of the committee after the former Liberal, turned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/palmer-united-party\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Palmer United party<\/a> MP, was banned from Facebook and Instagram in April this year over posts promoting hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin and questioning the effectiveness of masks.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the Therapeutic Goods Administration also issued a statement saying its lawyers had written to Kelly over text messages the party had sent to millions of Australians. The TGA alleged the party had breached copyright and demanded it stop distributing \u201cincomplete extracts\u201d of adverse event reports relating to Covid vaccines which the TGA believed could be \u201cseriously misleading\u201d.<br \/>\nKelly has since called for the social media companies to be reined in, and argued Facebook\u2019s move was in contempt of parliament and amounted to improper interference.<br \/>\nThe then Speaker Tony Smith dismissed that claim, stating there was no evidence that the ban was targeted at Kelly in his capacity as a member of parliament.<br \/>\nSince Kelly joined the United Australia party, YouTube\u2019s parent company Google has also faced pressure to remove the party\u2019s account. Labor\u2019s national secretary, Paul Erickson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/sep\/17\/labor-appeals-to-google-over-misinformation-fears-before-australian-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote to Google in September<\/a> raising concerns that the UAP was using its platform to undermine confidence in Australia\u2019s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, citing videos in which Kelly questioned the safety of Covid vaccines and promoted ivermectin.<br \/>\nThe party has spent <a href=\"https:\/\/transparencyreport.google.com\/political-ads\/advertiser\/AR292224249060392960\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">close to $3m on ads on YouTube<\/a> since August, far more than any other political party in Australia over the same period.<br \/>\nThe parliamentary inquiry was announced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/scott-morrison\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Scott Morrison<\/a> this week as part of the government\u2019s ongoing focus on large tech companies. The committee will be chaired by the Liberal MP Lucy Wicks, and report back in February, before the next federal election.<br \/>\nThe terms of reference for the committee are broad. It will review \u201cthe range of online harms that may be faced by Australians on social media and other online platforms, including harmful content or harmful conduct\u201d, what impact algorithms have, identity verification and age verification policies, online safety for children, and data collection.<br \/>\nThe committee consists of eight members, with five from the government, and three from the opposition or crossbench.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=copyembed\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning<\/a><br \/>\nOn Thursday, Kelly along with the Labor MPs Tim Watts and Sharon Claydon were added to the committee in a motion in the House of Representatives by the assistant minister to the deputy prime minister, Kevin Hogan.<br \/>\nThe crossbench ultimately decides which of its members are put up on committees, meaning it was not a decision of government members to appoint Kelly to the committee.<br \/>\nGuardian Australia has sought comment from Kelly.<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Email:<\/b>&nbsp;sign up for our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_atom\">daily morning briefing newsletter<\/a><br \/>\n<b>App:&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_atom\">download the free app<\/a>&nbsp;and never miss the biggest stories, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/mar\/17\/make-sense-of-the-week-with-australia-weekend?CMP=cvau_atom\">get our weekend edition<\/a> for a curated selection of the week&rsquo;s best stories<br \/>\n<b>Social:&nbsp;<\/b>follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/guardianaustraliagdn\">YouTube<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theguardianaustralia\">Facebook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guardianaustralia\/\">Instagram<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianaus\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or <a href=\"http:\/\/tiktok.com\/@guardianaustralia\">TikTok<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Podcast:<\/b>&nbsp;listen to our daily episodes on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/full-story-coronavirus-updates\/id1482061243\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7GJod4EyoLywB1AW6zrSHh?si=LD1i9SJwRqSAcT3i4ZCI-w\">Spotify<\/a>&nbsp;or search <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_atom\">\u00ab\u00a0Full Story\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> in your favourite app<br \/>\nOn Wednesday, Watts warned an inquiry being held over the summer in the shadow of a looming federal election campaign meant it was questionable how much the current parliament could achieve.<br \/>\nThe shadow communications minister, Michelle Rowland, also warned that, while she was supportive of the inquiry, the government had been doing nothing in the meantime to address Covid-19 misinformation online.<br \/>\n\u201cI supervise my children in their use of the internet. But what bothers me deeply is when I have my nine-year-old and four-year-old say to me: \u2018Mummy, you go out and tell people to get vaccinated. Why are the people in these ads telling us not to?\u2019 Nothing is being done to address the disinformation that is harmful during a pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/03\/craig-kelly-mp-banned-from-facebook-appointed-to-parliaments-social-media-inquiry\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choice of the MP, who has been criticised for posting \u2018misleading\u2019 vaccine information online, raises other committee members\u2019 eyebrows Last modified on Fri 3 Dec 2021 04.40 GMT The federal MP Craig Kelly \u2013 who has been permanently banned from Facebook and criticised for the online distribution of \u201cseriously misleading\u201d information about Covid-19 vaccines \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4912,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}