Comments on: Facebook shuts down pro-R18+ game rating group

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:14 +0000

I think my host would shut me down for some of the stuff that posted on the more nefarious Facebook groups.

Great to see the original Facebook group page open again too. Gives the warm and fuzzies :)

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:10:38 +0000

“Surely not — didn’t the SA Govt pledge to repeal that law, and not to enforce it etc?”

That depends which law you’re talking about. There are two controversial laws concerning SA at the moment –
1. The Attorney-General’s opposition to R18+ ratings
2. The law that says you cannot comment on election issues online anonymously

A Facebook group is not anonymous, so joining such a group is not an anonymous action. Either way, the 18+ rating issue is not an election issue, so it would not be affected by that law. And it’s that law (#2) that is going to be repealed – not the Attorney General’s stance on R18+ ratings.

By: Grow up Australia is up and down… maybe? « Welcome to my reality.net

Grow up Australia is up and down… maybe? « Welcome to my reality.net — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:37:43 +0000

[...] several IT web sites such as iTwire, Delimiter and Gamespot; Facebook’s admins apparently used some reason and re-instated the group page, [...]

By: Owen Kelly

Owen Kelly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:35:30 +0000

You would have to think it would be something like that.

Anyone familiar to the issue would recognise the legitimate political nature of the group. But to an outsider, or automated moderator, it could be flagged by the R18.

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:42:10 +0000

You do tend to get some epic PR fails when you try and contact Facebook in Australia ;)

By: GTRoberts

GTRoberts — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:12:32 +0000

Really? Ouch and yes, definitely a “no comment” of the highest order.

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:09:00 +0000

Yup. The response I got, I interpreted like this:

“We’re not able to comment on anything to do with Facebook ever, officially or unofficially, so please don’t contact us about them, and we will barely admit we represent them.”

A “no comment” of the highest order.

By: GTRoberts

GTRoberts — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:52:36 +0000

Renai, was it you who contacted them RE: “Facebook’s Australian public relations agency declined to comment on the issue when contacted this afternoon” or was it GrowUp’s people? It would be interesting to see what they would do, if you tried contacting them every hour! ;-)

By: SHG

SHG — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:13 +0000

My money’s on an anonymous complaint from a Labor staffer.

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:04:05 +0000

Ah yes. I suspect you could be right there!