Facebook apologises to Australian MP falsely accused by conspiracy theorist of being in 'paedophile network'
by Josh Taylor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5AFGH)
Nationals MP Anne Webster, her husband and not-for-profit group targeted by disgraceful and inexplicable' posts
Facebook has apologised to Nationals MP Anne Webster over months-long delays in responding to reports of abuse she received from an online conspiracy theorist that led to an $875,000 defamation payout order.
In September, federal court justice Jacqueline Gleeson ordered the payout to the first-term Mildura MP over Facebook posts in April by Australian conspiracy theorist Karen Brewer. The posts were shared hundreds of times and falsely accused Webster of being a member of a secretive paedophile network" who had been parachuted into parliament to protect a past generation of paedophiles".
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