Assembly: Facebook must do better

out of their way to leave racist attacks and slurs on our posts.

But what really got us worked up this week was when we reported foul racist abuse to Facebook and the company responded by claiming the comments complied with its community standards.

Astatement from the First People’s Assembly of Victoria regarding racism on Facebook:

We always knew that as momentum grew for things like Treaty, Truth-telling, and the Voice to Parliament, the darkness that lurks in our society could be drawn out into the light.

And we always expected to cop more abuse online as a result. We’ re used to it – our team has to read it every single day.

In the last week, we’ve blocked about 300 people who have gone

So we’re drawing a line in the sand and demanding better. We’ve sent an open letter to Facebook calling out their pissweak policies when it comes to racism and we’d love you to add your name to this petition to show that we’re not alone in expecting better from them.