18 March 2024
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
PO Box 805, Wel ington
Phone +64 04 495 7200
Erika Whittome
Email: [email address]
fyi-request-25867-
dia.govt.nz
[email address]
Tēnā koe Erika
Your Official Information Act 1982 request reference OIA 2324-0648
I am responding to your email of 24 February 2024 to Te Tari Taiwhenua | the Department
of Internal Affairs requesting the fol owing under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“Please provide any and all communications, internal and external where Internal
Affairs has discussed or acted in using the Facebook takedown portal to refer activity
by me on Facebook, with my account under my name, Erika Whittome.
Kindly share the settings on the takedown portal for my account, such as shadow
banning, any ‘misinformation’ or sets of keywords used on my posts to detect
‘moderation alerts’ or similar ‘community standard’ alerts etc.”
Te Tari Taiwhenua has no record of any reporting or referrals about your account, or
associated posts to Meta or any other platform. Because of this, there are no settings or
keywords.
Therefore, I am refusing your request under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information
requested does not exist.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek a review of my decision by the
Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the Ombudsman is PO Box
10152, Wellington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or email
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Jeremy Cauchi
Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability