– Facebook posts and Tweets categorised as “Misleading Information”

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Department of Internal Affairs should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: Erika Whittome

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA to be categorized as “Misleading Information”, “breach of community standards”, “Disputed Claim” and/or “Misinformation’ to Twitter and Facebook.

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any documentation including written and electronic correspondence including emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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Kia ora Erika
 
Regarding your OIA request below which has now been partially transferred
to the Ministry of Health.
  
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023030775
  
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/  
  
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team
on [2][email address]. If any additional factors come to light which
are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that
these can be taken into account. 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
 
 
Ngā mihi
 
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
M[4]inistry of Health information releases 
U[5]nite against COVID-19
 
 

From: Erika Whittome <[6][FOI #23662 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2023 6:56 pm

To: OIA <[7][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - – Facebook posts and Tweets
categorised as “Misleading Information”

 

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[8][FOI #23662 email]. Learn why this is
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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that
are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA
to be categorized as “Misleading Information”, “breach of community
standards”, “Disputed Claim” and/or “Misinformation’ to Twitter and
Facebook.

 

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic
copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Erika Whittome

 

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Kia ora Erika,

Please see the attached transfer letter for your OIA request.

Thanks, Min advice team

From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #23662 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2023 6:56 pm
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - - Facebook posts and Tweets categorised as "Misleading Information"

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA to be categorized as "Misleading Information", "breach of community standards", "Disputed Claim" and/or "Misinformation' to Twitter and Facebook.

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any documentation including written and electronic correspondence including emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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[FOI #23662 email]

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Tçnâ koe,

 

Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982,
partially transferred to the NZSIS from the Department of Internal Affairs
on 24 August 2023. The part of your request transferred to the NZSIS was
for:

 

“…all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that are
requested by the … NZSIS … to be categorized as “Misleading Information”,
“breach of community standards”, “Disputed Claim” and/or “Misinformation’
to Twitter and Facebook.

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp…”

We will endeavour to respond to the part of your request transferred to
the NZSIS as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 20 working
days after the day it was received by the NZSIS. If we are unable to
respond by then, we will notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
[email address].

 

Ngâ mihi,

NZSIS

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #23662 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2023 6:56 pm

To: OIA <[email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - - Facebook posts and Tweets
categorised as "Misleading Information"

 

[You don't often get email from
[FOI #23662 email]. Learn why this is
important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that
are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA
to be categorized as "Misleading Information", "breach of community
standards", "Disputed Claim" and/or "Misinformation' to Twitter and
Facebook.

 

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic
copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Erika Whittome

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[FOI #23662 email]

 

Is [DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to
Department of Internal Affairs? If so, please contact us using this form:

https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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Kia ora Erika,

 

Please see the attached response to your OIA request.

 

Thanks,

Min Advice Team

 

 

 

From: Erika Whittome <[1][FOI #23662 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2023 6:56 pm

To: OIA <[2][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - – Facebook posts and Tweets
categorised as “Misleading Information”

 

[You don't often get email from
[3][FOI #23662 email]. Learn why this is
important at [4]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that
are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA
to be categorized as “Misleading Information”, “breach of community
standards”, “Disputed Claim” and/or “Misinformation’ to Twitter and
Facebook.

 

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic
copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Erika Whittome

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[5][FOI #23662 email]

 

Is [6][DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Department of Internal Affairs? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[7]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear minadviceteam,
I requested the posts and tweets, yet there are none. Marking as still waiting....

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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Kia ora Erika,

 

Please find attached the response to your request for official
information. 

 

Ngā mihi 

  

 

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

 

 

 

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Tçnâ koe,

 

Please find attached a response to the part of your request transferred to
the NZSIS on 24 August 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi,

NZSIS

 

From: OIA Privacy <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 25 August 2023 10:22 AM
To: [FOI #23662 email]
Subject: RE: - Facebook posts and tweets categorised as Misleading
information

 

Tçnâ koe,

 

Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982,
partially transferred to the NZSIS from the Department of Internal Affairs
on 24 August 2023. The part of your request transferred to the NZSIS was
for:

 

“…all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that are
requested by the … NZSIS … to be categorized as “Misleading Information”,
“breach of community standards”, “Disputed Claim” and/or “Misinformation’
to Twitter and Facebook.

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp…”

 

We will endeavour to respond to the part of your request transferred to
the NZSIS as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 20 working
days after the day it was received by the NZSIS. If we are unable to
respond by then, we will notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact
[1][email address].

 

Ngâ mihi,

NZSIS

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Erika Whittome <[2][FOI #23662 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2023 6:56 pm

To: OIA <[3][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - - Facebook posts and Tweets
categorised as "Misleading Information"

 

[You don't often get email from
[4][FOI #23662 email]. Learn why this is
important at [5]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

Please share all Posts and tweet(s) from 1 January 2021 to March 2023 that
are requested by the Ministry of Health, Medsafe, MAAC, NZSIS and the DIA
to be categorized as "Misleading Information", "breach of community
standards", "Disputed Claim" and/or "Misinformation' to Twitter and
Facebook.

 

For the avoidance of doubt this request covers actual files in whatever
format, ALL correspondence, diary notes, aide memoires or any
documentation including written and electronic correspondence including
emails, as well as phone, txt, and other messing apps including but not
limited to Signal and Whatsapp.

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and please provide electronic
copies of each file covered by this request for each organization .

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Erika Whittome

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[6][FOI #23662 email]

 

Is [7][DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Department of Internal Affairs? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[8]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[9]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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or use the message in any way. If you have received this message in error,
please notify us immediately by return email and then destroy the original
message.  The New Zealand Intelligence Community (NZIC) and the
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From: Erika Whittome

Dear OIA Privacy,

This request is to the DIA. The DIA confirmed in another OIA that they use the Facebook Takedown Portal.
The director of digital safety, Jared Mullen of the DIA responsed to Mark Wong in an OIA on 1 December 2022 that:

Yes, the Department of Internal Affairs has access to Facebook’s takedown portal.

Please cease transferring this requesting around, and DIA, kindly answer this official information act request. Also as a government agency, the DIA are bound by sections 13 and 14 of the New Zealnd Bill of Rights 1990 , freedom of thought, religion and conscience, and freedom of expression.

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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