Facebook takes down election material

The Australian Electoral Commission is keeping close tabs on social media disinformation during the federal election campaign.

Facebook has been asked to take down four pieces of content which Australia's electoral authorities say breached election rules.

The Australian Electoral Commission said it had received 15 formal complaints regarding social media postings so far during the federal election campaign which began last week.

Commissioner Tom Rogers said three warnings had been sent to people over Facebook pages while four requests had been made to Facebook to remove content.


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