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Calls for Facebook ombudsman


An online ombudsman may be imposed following a spate of Facebook comments mocking the death of a teenager.

An online ombudsman may be imposed following a spate of Facebook comments mocking the death of a teenager.

There are calls for the establishment of an online ombudsman after a second Facebook page was set up mocking the death of a Townsville teenager.

It is the third online attack targeting Kirstin Deguara, who died after a semi-trailer and the car she was travelling in collided near Townsville late last Thursday night.

A Facebook page titled 'RIP Banana Truck' which included vulgar messages and photo-shopped images of the 15-year-old, blaming her for the crash and write-off of the truck, was pulled down on Wednesday.

But a second page was set up overnight.

No one has been charged in relation to the accident.

The latest heartless attack comes after offensive comments and photographs, as well as a tribute to the truck, were posted on a Facebook memorial page dedicated to Kirstin.

Police told the distraught family earlier this week that there was nothing they could do.

Independent senator Nick Xenophon said the 'sickening' attacks were further proof of the need for an online ombudsman that could lobby social networking sites to immediately remove offensive material.

'Family and friends of Kirstin Deguara are already going through hell, and these sorts of pathetic postings will only add to their pain,' Senator Xenophon said.

Senator Xenophon first called for the establishment of an online ombudsman after offensive Facebook postings concerning murdered Bundaberg girl, Trinity Bates.

The eight-year-old was snatched from her home in February as she slept.

Senator Xenophon said social networking sites were too slow to respond to emails from concerned internet users.

'Hopefully an ombudsman with the full backing of the Australian government might have more sway over these overseas companies,' he said.
 
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her brothers gf was racing another car and overtook into the path of a truck cmon fuck them

the poor truck though
 

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we would surely arrest these scums if they spraypainted offensive messages and pictures on a building or a cemetary

why should a facebook wall be any different
 

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we would surely arrest these scums if they spraypainted offensive messages and pictures on a building or a cemetary

why should a facebook wall be any different
what if they sprayed it on their own house :santa:
 

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what if they sprayed it on their own house :santa:
if neighbours found it offensive and/or not in keeping with established community standards the local council would be justified in ordering it removed/amended
 

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we would surely arrest these scums if they spraypainted offensive messages and pictures on a building or a cemetary

why should a facebook wall be any different
there's a difference between vandalising something that is owned by someone and writing your thoughts on something on the internet (a medium which is owned by no one, public domain)
 
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Why is our right to free speech being subjected to increasing amounts of threat each day?

This is fucking moronic.
 

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Christ, this country is becoming the worst piece of shit so quickly.

Fuck this, I'm going to America. Get to actually fucking say what I want there.
 

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there's a difference between vandalising something that is owned by someone and writing your thoughts on something on the internet (a medium which is owned by no one, public domain)
that's a bit disingenuous anigra

yes vandalising something is different to writing your thoughts on something but what makes it "vandalising" when it's a building and "writing your thoughts" when it's a web page? nothing that's what

furthermore web pages like we are discussing here are certainly owned by people eg youtube is owned by google inc, boredofstudies is owned by istudy australia pty ltd, facebook is owned by the cia etc etc
 

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Christ, this country is becoming the worst piece of shit so quickly.

Fuck this, I'm going to America. Get to actually fucking say what I want there.
People ultimately decide freedoms, a bit of paper declaring freedom is unfortunately meaningless if people don't recognise it. America does not have freedom, deluded citizens would tell you otherwise.
 

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People ultimately decide freedoms, a bit of paper declaring freedom is unfortunately meaningless if people don't recognise it. America does not have freedom, deluded citizens would tell you otherwise.
The united states is the bastion of freedom. The echelon of human liberation. fuck you for saying other wise fucking cunt.

bill of rights mate, bill of rights.
 

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People in the US get to BURN FLAGS as a part of their freedom of speech. Do that here and you get lynched and put on ACA as "un-Australian".
 

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that's a bit disingenuous anigra

yes vandalising something is different to writing your thoughts on something but what makes it "vandalising" when it's a building and "writing your thoughts" when it's a web page? nothing that's what

furthermore web pages like we are discussing here are certainly owned by people eg youtube is owned by google inc, boredofstudies is owned by istudy australia pty ltd, facebook is owned by the cia etc etc

well facebook isn't owned by the Australian government hurrdurr so it's not really up to them to monitor it, it's up to the moderators of such sites to do so. Allow me to reiterate the internet is not owned by anyone (any government at that) web sites and web pages are owned by people and companies etc, its up to the owners of web sites (not governments) to control the content displayed on web pages.
 

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