FOI Request LEX4335, Schedule of Released Documents [PDF 326KB] (pdf)
Download cached file | Download from AEC--- Page 1 --- Document No. 1 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 1 - LEX2861 Twitter Receipt of Information Request - Australian Electoral Commission Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 1A 1A - LEX2861 - Notice 2 3 4 2 - RE Twitter Receipt of Information Request - Australian Electoral Commission 3 - RE Twitter Receipt of Information Request - Australian Electoral Commission SECOFFICIALSensitive.msg 4 - Notice under s 321F of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 - Correspondence from the Australian Electoral Commission.msg Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business affairs 4A 4A - Notice under s 321F of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt --- Page 2 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business affairs 5 6 7 5 - RE External FW Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool SECOFFICIAL Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47G(1) - business affairs Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Email - Meta Email - Meta Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt 8 Email - Meta Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy 8A Letter- Meta Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 3 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 9 Email - Meta 9A Letter - Meta 10 Email - Meta Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt 10A Letter - Meta Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Section 47F - personal privacy --- Page 4 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 11 Email - Meta Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights 12 Email - Meta 13 Email - Meta 14 15 16 Email - Meta Email - Meta Email - Meta Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or Exempt --- Page 5 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 17 Email - Meta 18 Email - Meta 19 Email - Meta 20 Email - Meta would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt Exempt Exempt Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or Exempt --- Page 6 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 21 Email - Meta 22 Email - Meta 22A Letter - Meta 23 Email - Meta would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency Exempt Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt --- Page 7 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 24 Email - Meta 25 Email - Meta 26 Email - Meta 27 Letter - Meta Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt Exempt Exempt Exempt --- Page 8 --- Document No. 28 29 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Feedback about election integrity and/or civic-related content – 22/05/2022 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy We need a little more info about @ – 22/05/2022 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy 30 We have an update for you Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part 31 32 33 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 27/04/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 28/04/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 28/04/2023 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part --- Page 9 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 34 35 36 37 38 39 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 01/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part --- Page 10 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 40 41 42 43 44 45 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 02/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 05/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 05/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 05/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part --- Page 11 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 46 47 48 49 50 51 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/05/2023 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 10/05/2023 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 10/05/2023 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 10/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part --- Page 12 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 52 53 54 55 56 57 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 10/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part --- Page 13 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Section 47F - personal privacy 58 59 60 61 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 15/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 16/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 17/05/2023 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 17/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy 62 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 17/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy --- Page 14 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 63 64 65 66 67 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 18/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 29/05/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 05/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 06/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission –08/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy 68 RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission 08/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy --- Page 15 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 69 70 71 72 73 Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 09/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 16/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy RE: Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission 20/06/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Twitter Receipt of Content Removal Request - Australian Electoral Commission – 05/07/2023 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Release in part 74 Email - Meta Section 47F - personal privacy Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or Exempt --- Page 16 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 75 Email - Meta 76 Email - Meta 77 Email - Meta would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt Exempt Exempt --- Page 17 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 78 Email - Meta 79 Email - Meta 80 Email - Meta 81 Email - Meta Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Section 37(2)(b) - disclose lawful methods or procedures for preventing, detecting, investigating, or dealing with matters arising out of, breaches or evasions of the law the disclosure of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, prejudice the effectiveness of those methods or procedures Exempt Exempt Exempt Exempt --- Page 18 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 82 RE: AEC/EIAT contact details Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 83 Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 16/2/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 83A [Confidential] Google & YouTube Election Escalation Pathways – 2022_2023 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47E(d) - substantial adverse effect on proper and efficient conduct of an agency 84 85 86 Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 19/4/23 Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 18/4/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce: Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] (2) Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part --- Page 19 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 87 88 89 90 91 92 Re: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17/5/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt RE: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt RE: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt RE: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt --- Page 20 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt Re: Your Request to Google [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 21/5/23 Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt --- Page 21 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 100 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 16/3/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 101 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 17/2/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 102 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 10/3/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 103 104 105 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 13/3/23 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 16/3/23 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 30/.5/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47C(1) – deliberative processes Release in part Release in part Release in part --- Page 22 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 106 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 17/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47C(1) – deliberative processes Release in part 107 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 30/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47C(1) – deliberative processes Release in part 108 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 17/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47C(1) – deliberative processes Release in part 109 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/3/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part --- Page 23 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 110 RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47C(1) – deliberative processes Release in part 111 112 113 114 Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 17/2/23 Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 10/3/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part YouTube Trusted Flaggers - 16/02/2023 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 115 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 116 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 24 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 116A Email Attachment- Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 117 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 118 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 119 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 120 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 120A Letter - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 25 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 121 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 121A Email Attachment- Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 122 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 123 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 124 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 125 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 26 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 126 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 127 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 128 Email - Meta Section 47F – personal privacy 129 s321F Notice withdrawal – 24/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights Release in part subject to third party review rights 129A S 321F Notice – Meta PDF Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice the conduct of an investigation of a breach, or possible breach, of the law Exempt 130 AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 31/1/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part --- Page 27 --- Document No. 131 132 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 20/2/23 FW: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part 132A Microsoft Letter – Referral of Content from the AEC Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part 133 134 RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 31/1/23 RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/2/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Release in part 134A Microsoft AEC Agenda 15 February 2023 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part 135 RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 2/2/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part --- Page 28 --- Document No. 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 28/2/23 RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 23/2/23 RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 20/2/23 RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 20/2/23 Re: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL]1/6/23 Re: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 26/5/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part --- Page 29 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 26/5/23 Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 26/5/23 RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 26/5/23 RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 26/5/23 AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 6/3/23 AEC Engagement for proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 25/1/23 AEC/TikTok meeting - 28 June, 11:15am – 22/6/23 Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce- Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 20/2/23 Issuing data request notices – 28/6/23 Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Release in part Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F – personal privacy Section 47G(1) – business information Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part 151A 2023.05.24 – TikTok Letter Section 37(1)(a) - prejudice conduct of investigation Exempt Section 47F - personal information Section 47G - business document --- Page 30 --- Document No. 152 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/5/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 152A TikTok Letter – Referral of Content from the AEC Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 153 154 155 156 157 RE: [External] AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 16/3/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Re: [External] AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 13/3/23 Re: [External] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce- Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 15/3/23 Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/6/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part --- Page 31 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 1/6/23 Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document RE: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 7/7/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Re: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 30/6/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Re: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/7/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47G(1) - business document Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part Release in part Re: [External] Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 12/5/23 RE: [External] TikTok AEC Agenda [SEC=OFFICIAL] RE: Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 28/2/23 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 32 --- Document No. 166 Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access RE: RE: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 28/6/22 Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 167 TikTok AEC Agenda [SEC=OFFICIAL] Section 47F - personal privacy 167A TikTok AEC Agenda 16 February 2023 Section 22 - scope Release in part Release in part 168 169 Re: [External] RE: Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 26/11/22 Section 47F - personal privacy Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part 169A Re: EIAT and Twitter follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 3/12/21 Section 22 - scope Out of scope 169B AEC Escalation Channels 2023 Section 47(1) - information with commercial value Exempt --- Page 33 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 169C 2021 Partner Support Portal Training Deck – Public Policy 2021 Section 47(1) - information with commercial value Exempt 170 171 172 173 174 174A 175 AEC and Twitter follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 2/3/23 AEC engagement with referrals portal [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 15/5/23 Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 31/1/23 Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 9/2/23 Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 9/5/23 Twitter Letter – Referral of Content from the AEC RE: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] - Section 47F - personal privacy Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part --- Page 34 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 176 177 178 179 180 181 Re: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] 28/11/22 Re: AEC and Twitter follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 6/3/23 Re: Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 1/2/23 RE: For Advice: Twitter Meeting Availability. 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[SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 23/1/23 RE: Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 22/2/23 Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part subject to third party review rights 181A Twitter AEC Agenda 01 March 2023 Section 47F - personal information Section 47E(d) - certain operations of agencies Release in part 182 RE: Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 28/2/23 Section 47F - personal information Release in part subject to third party review rights --- Page 35 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 183 184 185 186 187 RE: Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] – 14/2/23 Re: Proposed engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] - 13/2/23 Re: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 10/5/23 Tentative: Twitter | Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] – 28/2/23 Twitter & Australian Electoral Commission - Teams Meeting details [SEC=OFFICIAL] Section 47F - personal information Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal information Release in part subject to third party review rights Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part 187A Twitter AEC Agenda 01 March 2023 Section 47F - personal information Section 47E(d) - certain operations of agencies Release in part 188 AEC & Google preliminary referendum meeting [SEC=OFFICIAL] Section 47F - personal information Release in part 188A Google AEC Agenda 15 February 2023 Section 47F - personal information Release in part --- Page 36 --- Document No. Document Title Exemption/s Decision on Access 189 190 191 192 193 AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce [SEC=OFFICIAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce: Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] 193A Google Letter – Referral of Content from the AEC PDF 194 195 RE_AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum_SEC_OFFICIAL_(2) Re: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL]_(2) Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part Section 47F - personal information Release in part
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- Doc 1 - LEX2861 Twitter Receipt of Information Request - Australian Electoral Commission (A3055494)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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- Doc 168 - Update regarding election content and postal rules _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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- Document 188 - AEC & Google preliminary referendum meeting [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3029528)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
- Document 188A - Google AEC Agenda 15 February 2023 (A3030148)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
- Document 189 - AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum _SEC_OFFICIAL_ (A3030152)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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- Document 191 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030146)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
- Document 192 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce_ Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030140)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
- Document 193 - Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030138)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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- Document 83A - [Confidential] Google & YouTube Election Escalation Pathways - 2022_2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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- Document 87 - Re_ Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Doc 1 - LEX2861 Twitter Receipt of Information Request - Australian Electoral Commission (A3055494)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 130 - AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 132 - FW_ Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: EIAT Tuesday, 9 May 2023 3:55 PM EIAT FW: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] Microsoft Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC.pdf Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Categories: Good afternoon , Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early-education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub-site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact-checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub-site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: M: X: 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
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Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT Thursday, 9 February 2023 10:22 AM EIAT RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] Microsoft AEC Agenda 15 February 2023.docx From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Categories: Hi , I hope you’ve been well. Please find attached a proposed agenda for our meeting next Wednesday 15 February. We’re hoping to have a short update from Microsoft and I’ve proposed a few topics we’d be interested in hearing about. If, however, you feel any of these would be best covered as a standalone meeting or in a written brief then we’re of course happy to arrange. Also happy to receive advice on who from your team would be best to lead on the Microsoft update. I’ll include the agenda in our calendar appointment once confirmed. Very happy to discuss any questions you any have. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2023 2:16 PM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you very much , I’ll be sure to include as well. Kind regards, From: Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2023 2:10 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- --- Page 3 --- --- Page 4 ---
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Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Thursday, 2 February 2023 11:14 AM EIAT RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks , great to be connected. (dropping to bcc). We would welcome an opportunity to discuss the referendum with you and the team. A Teams meeting will be best as we are all in different locations. a bit about our activities. He will be familiar to some at AEC from our engagement prior to the federal election. in our Democracy Forward team, is happy to attend and can share for LinkedIn would also like to join the call. Might I suggest 9:30-10 on either Wed 15 or Thu 16 Feb? (Current proposed time is Sunday night for ) I look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes www.microsoft.com From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 3:08 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; Cc: Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi , Thank you for getting back so quickly and letting me know regarding with yourself and/or in the future. . Very happy to discuss alternative dates 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- --- Page 3 --- option don’t suits. Should you happen to be in Canberra and available, you would of course be welcome to join us here at the National Office for the meeting. A proposed agenda will follow – but happy to work with you on any specific items you may wish to raise. We appreciate the opportunity to confirm our continued collaboration and look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 3 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 136 - RE_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: EIAT Tuesday, 28 February 2023 9:45 AM EIAT RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] Good morning ,. Thank you very much for confirming. We’ll be certain to include a URL to the relevant content and a description of the specific law/policy we believe it violates. Appreciate your efforts to organise this. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, 24 February 2023 9:10 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning, and EIAT team. (moving to bcc) We will be able to provide a single email for any escalations during the by-election period. In the event there is an issue that requires our attention, please send to: Best wishes www.microsoft.com 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:04 PM To: Cc: Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Not a problem , Thanks very much for the quick reply and I look forward to hearing form you soon. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2023 2:48 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks for touching base, . I am still confirming the arrangements and will be in touch as soon as I can. Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 2:24 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] ; EIAT Hi I hope you’ve been well and had an opportunity to speak with some of your colleagues. Looking to follow up and confirm the best referrals processes for content the AEC believes is in violation of your terms of service or breaches a law (Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)). As I mentioned, we appreciate the different scale for the upcoming by-election compared to the referendum which we had been working towards. 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, 20 February 2023 3:12 PM To: Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi , We appreciate the difference in scale and look forward to hearing back from you. Regarding formal campaign periods, there is no limit in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 regarding the amount, the format or the timing of electoral communication. However, campaigning generally occurs between the issue of the writs and voting day. For the Aston by-election this will be Monday 27 February to Saturday 1 April. Other important dates to consider are the ’Close of Nominations’ which has been announced as midday Thursday 09 March 2023 and the ‘Declaration of Nominations’ Friday 10 March 2023. By this point no further candidates will be able to nominate. I hope the above dates are helpful and please let me know if there is anything further I can clarify. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Monday, 20 February 2023 1:20 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 4 --- Hi Please allow me to confirm with my colleagues whether the same support mechanisms will be in place for the by- election, which is naturally very different in scale to the referendum. Is there are formal campaign period for the by-election? Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:56 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Good afternoon , I hope you’ve been well since we meet last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 4 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 137 - RE_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Friday, 24 February 2023 9:10 AM EIAT RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning, and EIAT team. (moving to bcc) We will be able to provide a single email for any escalations during the by-election period. In the event there is an issue that requires our attention, please send to: Best wishes www.microsoft.com From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:04 PM To: Cc: Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Not a problem , Thanks very much for the quick reply and I look forward to hearing form you soon. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2023 2:48 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks for touching base, . I am still confirming the arrangements and will be in touch as soon as I can. Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 2:24 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Hi , I hope you’ve been well and had an opportunity to speak with some of your colleagues. Looking to follow up and confirm the best referrals processes for content the AEC believes is in violation of your terms of service or breaches a law (Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)). As I mentioned, we appreciate the different scale for the upcoming by-election compared to the referendum which we had been working towards. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, 20 February 2023 3:12 PM To: Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Hi , We appreciate the difference in scale and look forward to hearing back from you. 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Regarding formal campaign periods, there is no limit in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 regarding the amount, the format or the timing of electoral communication. However, campaigning generally occurs between the issue of the writs and voting day. For the Aston by-election this will be Monday 27 February to Saturday 1 April. Other important dates to consider are the ’Close of Nominations’ which has been announced as midday Thursday 09 March 2023 and the ‘Declaration of Nominations’ Friday 10 March 2023. By this point no further candidates will be able to nominate. I hope the above dates are helpful and please let me know if there is anything further I can clarify. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Monday, 20 February 2023 1:20 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Please allow me to confirm with my colleagues whether the same support mechanisms will be in place for the by- election, which is naturally very different in scale to the referendum. Is there are formal campaign period for the by-election? Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:56 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Good afternoon , 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 4 --- I hope you’ve been well since we meet last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 4 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 138 - RE_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Monday, 20 February 2023 1:20 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Please allow me to confirm with my colleagues whether the same support mechanisms will be in place for the by- election, which is naturally very different in scale to the referendum. Is there are formal campaign period for the by-election? Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:56 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Good afternoon , I hope you’ve been well since we meet last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, . | Project Officer 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 3 s 47F
Doc 139 - RE_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Is there are formal campaign period for the by-election? Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:56 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Good afternoon , I hope you’ve been well since we meet last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 140 - RE_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Monday, 20 February 2023 1:20 PM EIAT RE: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Please allow me to confirm with my colleagues whether the same support mechanisms will be in place for the by- election, which is naturally very different in scale to the referendum. Is there are formal campaign period for the by-election? Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:56 PM To: Cc: <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] EIAT Good afternoon , I hope you’ve been well since we meet last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, . | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- 2
Doc 141 - Re_ Request for information_ Misinformation narratives _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Thursday, 1 June 2023 7:10 PM EIAT Re: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Hope you're having a good week. I can confirm the alias is correct and is up and running to support the by election. Best Get Outlook for Android From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 5:08:16 PM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Much appreciated If I don’t speak to you beforehand, I hope you enjoy your weekend. Kind regards, , . From: Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 4:37 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks The answer in all likelihood is yes, but let me confirm with my colleagues and get back to you. Best . Get Outlook for Android From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 4:10:05 PM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Not a problem While I have you, as you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently announced that a by- election for the federal electoral division of Fadden will be held on 15 July 2023. Voting day will take place on Saturday 15 July 2023. , 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- --- Page 3 --- Further to our discussion earlier this year on the referendum and the visit by the EIAT delegation to Redmon in a couple of weeks’ time, I hoped the AEC could assist with providing some information to assist in Microsoft’s efforts to combat dis- and misinformation on our services. In particular, we hoped to have a list of common misinformation narratives the AEC is observing. This will enable us to put appropriate measures in place to support the integrity of the information ecosystem. I understand AEC plans to have a misinformation register, as during the federal election, but in the meantime, I would welcome your advice on current trends, as well as your thoughts on how we can access and update this information as the campaign progresses throughout the year. Please feel free to give me a call if easier to discussion. With many thanks www.microsoft.com 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 142 - Re_ Request for information_ Misinformation narratives _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 143 - RE_ Request for information_ Misinformation narratives _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: EIAT Friday, 26 May 2023 4:10 PM EIAT RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Not a problem , While I have you, as you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representa(cid:415)ves recently announced that a by- elec(cid:415)on for the federal electoral division of Fadden will be held on 15 July 2023. Vo(cid:415)ng day will take place on Saturday 15 July 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. If you could please advise if emailing all Microso(cid:332) and LinkedIn content referrals to remains the most appropriate referral pathway for this event, that would be much appreciated. Should you have any ques(cid:415)ons regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 2:09 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Perfect, thank you so much for the swi(cid:332) reply. Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 11:40 AM To: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Good morning , Our Referendum Disinforma(cid:415)on Register is live on our website and is up to date with the predominant narra(cid:415)ves the AEC are currently observing concerning referendum process. The register will be updated regularly with predominant disinforma(cid:415)on and is likely to be the best source as we move closer to the referendum. Happy to discuss further if this isn’t the informa(cid:415)on you are looking for. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 10:19 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Request for information: Misinformation narratives CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear AEC Electoral Integrity team Further to our discussion earlier this year on the referendum and the visit by the EIAT delega(cid:415)on to Redmon in a couple of weeks’ (cid:415)me, I hoped the AEC could assist with providing some informa(cid:415)on to assist in Microso(cid:332)’s efforts to combat dis- and misinforma(cid:415)on on our services. In par(cid:415)cular, we hoped to have a list of common misinforma(cid:415)on narra(cid:415)ves the AEC is observing. This will enable us to put appropriate measures in place to support the integrity of the informa(cid:415)on ecosystem. I understand AEC plans to have a misinforma(cid:415)on register, as during the federal elec(cid:415)on, but in the mean(cid:415)me, I would welcome your advice on current trends, as well as your thoughts on how we can access and update this informa(cid:415)on as the campaign progresses throughout the year. Please feel free to give me a call if easier to discussion. With many thanks 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- www.microsoft.com 3 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 144 - Request for information_ Misinformation narratives_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Friday, 26 May 2023 10:19 AM EIAT Request for information: Misinformation narratives CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear AEC Electoral Integrity team Further to our discussion earlier this year on the referendum and the visit by the EIAT delega(cid:415)on to Redmon in a couple of weeks’ (cid:415)me, I hoped the AEC could assist with providing some informa(cid:415)on to assist in Microso(cid:332)’s efforts to combat dis- and misinforma(cid:415)on on our services. In par(cid:415)cular, we hoped to have a list of common misinforma(cid:415)on narra(cid:415)ves the AEC is observing. This will enable us to put appropriate measures in place to support the integrity of the informa(cid:415)on ecosystem. I understand AEC plans to have a misinforma(cid:415)on register, as during the federal elec(cid:415)on, but in the mean(cid:415)me, I would welcome your advice on current trends, as well as your thoughts on how we can access and update this informa(cid:415)on as the campaign progresses throughout the year. Please feel free to give me a call if easier to discussion. With many thanks www.microsoft.com 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 145 - RE_ Request for information_ Misinformation narratives _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Friday, 26 May 2023 2:09 PM EIAT RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Categories: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Perfect, thank you so much for the swi(cid:332) reply. Best From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 11:40 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] Good morning , Our Referendum Disinforma(cid:415)on Register is live on our website and is up to date with the predominant narra(cid:415)ves the AEC are currently observing concerning referendum process. The register will be updated regularly with predominant disinforma(cid:415)on and is likely to be the best source as we move closer to the referendum. Happy to discuss further if this isn’t the informa(cid:415)on you are looking for. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 10:19 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Request for information: Misinformation narratives 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear AEC Electoral Integrity team Further to our discussion earlier this year on the referendum and the visit by the EIAT delega(cid:415)on to Redmon in a couple of weeks’ (cid:415)me, I hoped the AEC could assist with providing some informa(cid:415)on to assist in Microso(cid:332)’s efforts to combat dis- and misinforma(cid:415)on on our services. In par(cid:415)cular, we hoped to have a list of common misinforma(cid:415)on narra(cid:415)ves the AEC is observing. This will enable us to put appropriate measures in place to support the integrity of the informa(cid:415)on ecosystem. I understand AEC plans to have a misinforma(cid:415)on register, as during the federal elec(cid:415)on, but in the mean(cid:415)me, I would welcome your advice on current trends, as well as your thoughts on how we can access and update this informa(cid:415)on as the campaign progresses throughout the year. Please feel free to give me a call if easier to discussion. With many thanks www.microsoft.com 3 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 146 - RE_ Request for information_ Misinformation narratives _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT Friday, 26 May 2023 11:40 AM EIAT RE: Request for information: Misinformation narratives [SEC=OFFICIAL] From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Good morning Our Referendum Disinforma(cid:415)on Register is live on our website and is up to date with the predominant narra(cid:415)ves the AEC are currently observing concerning referendum process. The register will be updated regularly with predominant disinforma(cid:415)on and is likely to be the best source as we move closer to the referendum. Happy to discuss further if this isn’t the informa(cid:415)on you are looking for. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 10:19 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Request for information: Misinformation narratives CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear AEC Electoral Integrity team Further to our discussion earlier this year on the referendum and the visit by the EIAT delega(cid:415)on to Redmon in a couple of weeks’ (cid:415)me, I hoped the AEC could assist with providing some informa(cid:415)on to assist in Microso(cid:332)’s efforts to combat dis- and misinforma(cid:415)on on our services. In par(cid:415)cular, we hoped to have a list of common misinforma(cid:415)on narra(cid:415)ves the AEC is observing. This will enable us to put appropriate measures in place to support the integrity of the informa(cid:415)on ecosystem. I understand AEC plans to have a misinforma(cid:415)on register, as during the federal elec(cid:415)on, but in the mean(cid:415)me, I would welcome your advice on current trends, as well as your thoughts on how we can access and update this informa(cid:415)on as the campaign progresses throughout the year. Please feel free to give me a call if easier to discussion. 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- With many thanks www.microsoft.com 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 147 - AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 148 - AEC Engagement for proposed Referendum _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 149 - AEC_TikTok meeting - 28 June_ 11_15am_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Thursday, 22 June 2023 2:27 PM EIAT AEC/TikTok meeting - 28 June, 11:15am From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Hi , Hope everything is tracking well for our mee(cid:415)ng next Wednesday 28 June to discuss TikTok’s in app referendum guide and TSET. You men(cid:415)oned on the phone, you may be in Canberra on the day and available, wondering if that might s(cid:415)ll be the case or if you’ll be joining online? Addi(cid:415)onally, if you can let me know any of your colleagues who will be joining us online that would be much appreciated. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 150 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce - Aston.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 151 - Issuing data request notices_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Wednesday, 28 June 2023 12:10 PM EIAT Issuing data request notices 2023.05.24 - TikTok letter.pdf From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Categories: Hi Thanks for mee(cid:415)ng and sharing some insight into TikTok’s referendum hub. I did think of a ques(cid:415)on while we were speaking that wasn’t en(cid:415)rely related to the discussion and am wondering if you can assist. TikTok Singapore recently advised that data requests be directed to them, see a(cid:425)ached. You previously men(cid:415)oned the best address for issuing legal no(cid:415)ces? inbox will soon/ eventually not be monitored. Can you confirm the Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 152 - Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: EIAT Tuesday, 9 May 2023 3:07 PM . EIAT Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] TikTok Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC.pdf Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Categories: Good afternoon , Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early-education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub-site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact-checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub-site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 2 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 152A - TikTok Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 153 - RE_ _External_ AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- TikTok maintains a data retention policy that determines data retention periods for different categories of user data. TikTok’s threshold for disclosing information is determined on a case by case basis in accordance with applicable laws. Additional information on reporting channels and incident handling Overall, we aim to review reported content within 24hrs (in alignment with requirements in the Online Safety Act 2021). As the AEC would recall in the 2022 Australian Federal Election, this response time may be much faster, even within a few hours, depending on the type of content reported or flagged. We will await the AEC's letter regarding updated referendum regulations! Kind regards On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:04 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Just a quick note to thank you for your time in our recent meeting and apologies for the delay in following up. To recap, the AEC will be providing all platforms with a letter outlining the regulatory environment once legislation is finalised. Following this, we’d be very happy to schedule a meeting and discuss any question you may have. Of course, if we can offer any assistance in the interim please let me know. Additionally, the AEC have some questions, outlined below, I’m hoping you can provide clarification on: Seeking information under a legal notices (section 321F Notice – information and documents). Please confirm if TikTok’s preferred process is for AEC to email If AEC believes a TikTok video/post is in violation of the terms of service or breaches a law (Commonwealth and include a URL to Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)), that it is preferred for AEC to email the relevant content and a description of the specific law/policy AEC believes it violates. Any information you can share on TikTok’s data retention policy, specifically, what period of time is data retained for, and what are TikTok’s limits on disclosing information (e.g. general disclosure request (for user/handle information) or under a Notice request). We’re also appreciative of the referral pathway to provide some further information around the expected timings for incident handling, we’d be grateful. stepped us through in the meeting. However, if you’re able Looking forward to hearing from you soon and working together over the coming months. If you have any questions regarding the above please don’t hesitate to reach out. Kind regards, | Project Officer 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: -- Tel: Email: M m m Follow us on m m M m m 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 154 - Re_ _External_ AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Monday, 13 March 2023 6:41 PM EIAT Re: [External] AEC & TikTok platform engagement follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. , Hi It was great re-connecting with the AEC. To your questions: Seeking information under a legal notices (section 321F Notice – information and documents). Please confirm if TikTok’s preferred process is for AEC to email Confirming is the appropriate email address for legal notices. And the AEC can also use that email to report content that potentially breaches TikTok’s Terms of Service/Community Guidelines and/or relevant local laws (e.g. the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and that relevant links to content and a brief description of why the AEC is reporting the content should be provided. Any information you can share on TikTok’s data retention policy, specifically, what period of time is data retained for, and what are TikTok’s limits on disclosing information (e.g. general disclosure request (for user/handle information) or under a Notice request). TikTok maintains a data retention policy that determines data retention periods for different categories of user data. TikTok’s threshold for disclosing information is determined on a case by case basis in accordance with applicable laws. Additional information on reporting channels and incident handling Overall, we aim to review reported content within 24hrs (in alignment with requirements in the Online Safety Act 2021). As the AEC would recall in the 2022 Australian Federal Election, this response time may be much faster, even within a few hours, depending on the type of content reported or flagged. We will await the AEC's letter regarding updated referendum regulations! Kind regards On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:04 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Just a quick note to thank you for your time in our recent meeting and apologies for the delay in following up. To recap, the AEC will be providing all platforms with a letter outlining the regulatory environment once legislation is finalised. Following this, we’d be very happy to schedule a meeting and discuss any question you may have. Of course, if we can offer any assistance in the interim please let me know. Additionally, the AEC have some questions, outlined below, I’m hoping you can provide clarification on: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Seeking information under a legal notices (section 321F Notice – information and documents). Please confirm if TikTok’s preferred process is for AEC to email If AEC believes a TikTok video/post is in violation of the terms of service or breaches a law (Commonwealth and include a URL to Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)), that it is preferred for AEC to email the relevant content and a description of the specific law/policy AEC believes it violates. Any information you can share on TikTok’s data retention policy, specifically, what period of time is data retained for, and what are TikTok’s limits on disclosing information (e.g. general disclosure request (for user/handle information) or under a Notice request). We’re also appreciative of the referral pathway to provide some further information around the expected timings for incident handling, we’d be grateful. stepped us through in the meeting. However, if you’re able Looking forward to hearing from you soon and working together over the coming months. If you have any questions regarding the above please don’t hesitate to reach out. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: -- M m m Follow us on m m M m m 2 s 47G(1)s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 155 - Re_ _External_ Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce- Aston by-election _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Wednesday, 15 March 2023 1:23 PM EIAT Re: [External] Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce- Aston by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just confirming with you that TikTok's content reporting channels and procedures in place for the Aston by-election (the dedicated reporting channel has been active since our preparation discussions for the 2022 Federal Election). are also Kind regards On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 1:15 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon I hope you’ve been well since we met last week. As you may have seen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Milton Dick MP, will soon issue the writ for the election of a new Member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of Aston in Victoria. Voting day will take place on Saturday 1 April 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again be stood up to provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, of the integrity of this electoral event. Thank you for your time in our recent meetings concerning the proposed referendum. The Taskforce will use the referrals processes confirmed in these meetings and existing contact points for the by-election. If you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- -- M m m Follow us on m m M m m 2 s 47F
Doc 156 - Re_ _External_ FW_ Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Happy to discuss if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:51 PM To: Defending Democracy Unit <DefendingDemocracyUnit@aec.gov.au>; Subject: FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi folks, We’ve received the attached user manual for a TikTok safety enforcement tool yesterday arvo. Unsure what it relates to but if you’ve been working with them on providing access can you please let them know that our social media head honcho? is now Thanks and kind regards, | Senior Media Officer Assistant Director | Media & Digital Engagement Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2023 4:56 PM To: Social Media <socialmedia@aec.gov.au>; Cc: Subject: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 ---
Doc 157 - RE_ _External_ FW_ Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT Friday, 9 June 2023 12:43 PM Social Media; Authorisation Section; EIAT RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Hi I hope you’ve been well. I’m looking to follow up regarding the below meeting to discuss TikTok’s on-platform referendum guide. I’m sorry but it’s becoming slightly more challenging for us to hold the meeting on Monday 19 June. Happy to discuss suitable other times with you, but I’ve tentatively flagged Wednesday 28 June at 11:15am as a possible alternative. I appreciate the work on your end to organise the meeting, if you can let me know if this time suits that would be much appreciated. Additionally, regarding TSET, can you confirm if the new system is replacing the Law Enforcement Request Form? Many thanks for you help. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 10:11 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; Social Media <socialmedia@aec.gov.au>; Authorisation Section <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi Thanks for your email. I’ve spoken with the AEC’s Media and Digital Engagement team, and we’re wondering if Monday 19 June at 10:00am would be a suitable time to meet and discuss TikTok’s on-platform referendum guide? Additionally, as you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently announced that a by- election, for the federal electoral division of Fadden, has been called with voting day to be held on Saturday 15 July 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, and the Australian public, on the integrity of this electoral event. Hoping you can confirm that TikTok’s Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET) is the best pathway should we need to refer content and that eiat@aec.gov.au, socialmedia@aec.gov.au and authorisationsection@aec.gov.au have been whitelisted to access the tool? 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- When we last spoke on the phone, you offered to facilitate a short meeting between the AEC and your Trust and Safety team for a brief tutorial on how to use TSET. We’d be interested in taking you up on this offer and wondering if Thursday 15 June at 11am would work for your team? Happy to discuss these meetings further. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 10:48 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Hope you have been well. Just following up on when might be possible to meet (with communications/PSAs/hub for the Referendum? team) regarding on-platform Cheers On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:14 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Hoping you’re well and thank you for acknowledging receipt of our Regulatory Law teams letter week. shared last Recently, we received confirmation that you’ve transitioned to TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). I’m looking to confirm if socialmedia@aec.gov.au, authorisations@aec.gov.au, and eiat@aec.gov.au are the AEC emails with access the tool? Happy to discuss if you have any questions or concerns. 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:51 PM To: Defending Democracy Unit <DefendingDemocracyUnit@aec.gov.au>; Subject: FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi folks, We’ve received the attached user manual for a TikTok safety enforcement tool yesterday arvo. Unsure what it relates to but if you’ve been working with them on providing access can you please let them know that our social media head honcho? is now Thanks and kind regards, | Senior Media Officer Assistant Director | Media & Digital Engagement Australian Electoral Commission T: 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 4 --- --- Page 5 --- -- -- M m m M m m Follow us on m m M m m 5 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 158 - RE_ _External_ FW_ Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: EIAT Thursday, 1 June 2023 10:11 AM EIAT; Social Media; Authorisation Section RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Categories: Hi Thanks for your email. I’ve spoken with the AEC’s Media and Digital Engagement team, and we’re wondering if Monday 19 June at 10:00am would be a suitable time to meet and discuss TikTok’s on-platform referendum guide? Additionally, as you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently announced that a by- election, for the federal electoral division of Fadden, has been called with voting day to be held on Saturday 15 July 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, and the Australian public, on the integrity of this electoral event. Hoping you can confirm that TikTok’s Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET) is the best pathway should we need to refer content and that eiat@aec.gov.au, socialmedia@aec.gov.au and authorisationsection@aec.gov.au have been whitelisted to access the tool? When we last spoke on the phone, you offered to facilitate a short meeting between the AEC and your Trust and Safety team for a brief tutorial on how to use TSET. We’d be interested in taking you up on this offer and wondering if Thursday 15 June at 11am would work for your team? Happy to discuss these meetings further. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 10:48 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Hope you have been well. Just following up on when might be possible to meet (with communications/PSAs/hub for the Referendum? team) regarding on-platform Cheers On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:14 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Hoping you’re well and thank you for acknowledging receipt of our Regulatory Law teams letter week. shared last Recently, we received confirmation that you’ve transitioned to TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). I’m looking to confirm if socialmedia@aec.gov.au, authorisations@aec.gov.au, and eiat@aec.gov.au are the AEC emails with access the tool? Happy to discuss if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:51 PM To: Defending Democracy Unit <DefendingDemocracyUnit@aec.gov.au>; Subject: FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- Hi folks, We’ve received the attached user manual for a TikTok safety enforcement tool yesterday arvo. Unsure what it relates to but if you’ve been working with them on providing access can you please let them know that our social media head honcho? is now Thanks and kind regards, | Senior Media Officer Assistant Director | Media & Digital Engagement Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2023 4:56 PM To: Social Media <socialmedia@aec.gov.au>; Cc: Subject: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good afternoon, I'm writing to let you know that the Australian Electoral Commission has been successfully on-boarded onto TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 4 --- --- Page 5 --- Follow us on M m M m m 5
Doc 159 - Re_ _External_ FW_ Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Tuesday, 30 May 2023 10:48 AM EIAT Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Hope you have been well. Just following up on when might be possible to meet (with communications/PSAs/hub for the Referendum? team) regarding on-platform Cheers On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:14 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Hoping you’re well and thank you for acknowledging receipt of our Regulatory Law teams letter week. shared last Recently, we received confirmation that you’ve transitioned to TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). I’m looking to confirm if socialmedia@aec.gov.au, authorisations@aec.gov.au, and eiat@aec.gov.au are the AEC emails with access the tool? Happy to discuss if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- --- Page 3 --- TikTok Australia -- -- M m m M m m Follow us on m m M m m 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 160 - RE_ _External_ Issuing data request notices _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:10 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Thanks for meeting and sharing some insight into TikTok’s referendum hub. I did think of a question while we were speaking that wasn’t entirely related to the discussion and am wondering if you can assist. TikTok Singapore recently advised that data requests be directed to them, see attached. You previously mentioned the the best address for issuing legal notices? inbox will soon/ eventually not be monitored. Can you confirm Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: -- M m m Follow us on m m M m m 2 s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 161 - Re_ _External_ Issuing data request notices _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Friday, 30 June 2023 3:26 PM EIAT Re: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries. Yes, legal notices and data preservation requests should be submitted here: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/lawenforcementrequest This goes to you'd like to meet. Law enforcement team based in Singapore). Happy to bring him along to the next meeting if and the new TSET channel are for the purposes of reporting content for review and potential takedown. Hope that clarifies things but let me know if you need more information. Cheers On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:10 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Thanks for meeting and sharing some insight into TikTok’s referendum hub. I did think of a question while we were speaking that wasn’t entirely related to the discussion and am wondering if you can assist. TikTok Singapore recently advised that data requests be directed to them, see attached. You previously mentioned the the best address for issuing legal notices? inbox will soon/ eventually not be monitored. Can you confirm Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- -- M m m Follow us on m m M m m 2 s 47F
Doc 162 - Re_ _External_ Issuing data request notices _SEC_OFFICIAL_ copy_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Sunday, 9 July 2023 12:12 PM EIAT Re: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi All good. At our last meeting, the AEC asked to preview the videos we would have on the TIkTok Voice Hub (where we also would like to include an AEC link/logo). These are the four videos that are intended to be included in the first iteration of the hub. Let me know if any of these would create potential issues for the AEC - we would of course share any plans to update these videos if the hub featured AEC branding. https://www.tiktok.com/@nitv/video/7238908616835714305 https://www.tiktok.com/@nitv/video/7208419575984098562 https://www.tiktok.com/@nitv/video/7204700625307716866 https://www.tiktok.com/@nitv/video/7211056942318439681 Kind regards On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 11:33 AM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back, but confirming we’ve received your email and I’ve noted with our legal team the correct process. Many thanks for your help confirming this. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Media Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 3:26 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: [External] Issuing data request notices [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries. Yes, legal notices and data preservation requests should be submitted here: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/lawenforcementrequest This goes to you'd like to meet. Law enforcement team based in Singapore). Happy to bring him along to the next meeting if and the new TSET channel are for the purposes of reporting content for review and potential takedown. Hope that clarifies things but let me know if you need more information. Cheers On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:10 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Thanks for meeting and sharing some insight into TikTok’s referendum hub. I did think of a question while we were speaking that wasn’t entirely related to the discussion and am wondering if you can assist. TikTok Singapore recently advised that data requests be directed to them, see attached. You previously mentioned the the best address for issuing legal notices? inbox will soon/ eventually not be monitored. Can you confirm Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1)s 47G(1)s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- -- M m m Follow us on M m m M m m -- M m m Follow us on m m M m m 3 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 163 - Re_ _External_ Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC _SEC_OFFICIAL_ Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early-education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub-site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact-checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub-site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 2 s 47Fs 47F
Doc 164 - RE_ _External_ TikTok AEC Agenda _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Thursday, 16 February 2023 2:31 PM RE: [External] TikTok AEC Agenda [SEC=OFFICIAL] From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Hi Of course that shouldn’t be a problem. Speak with you soon Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: M m m m M m m m From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 2:15 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: [External] TikTok AEC Agenda [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Looking forward to our discussion. Could you please enable sharing permissions on the Team's invite? We have a few slides to share as a refresher on our content reporting processes etc. Talk soon. Kind regards On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 12:16 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- I hope you’re well and I’m looking forward to our meeting next Thursday, 16 Feb. At this stage I’m expecting AEC representatives from our Media and Digital Engagement Team, Regulatory Law Team and those of us who work closely with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. I’ve attached a proposed agenda for our meeting. We’re hoping to have a short update from TikTok and I’ve proposed a few topics we’d be interested in hearing about. Of course, very open to any additional points you may wish to raise or discussing this further. Once confirmed, I’ll update the calendar appointment with the agenda. Looking forward to working with you as we approach the proposed referendum. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: -- Follow us on 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47F
Doc 166 - RE_ RE_ RE_ _External_ Update regarding election content and postal rules _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Tuesday, 28 June 2022 5:35 PM EIAT RE: RE: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thanks and no problem. Can you please confirm who/how many people to expect so we can prepare an appropriate room? I have considered what else we could cover in the meeting and would offer up the following as a rough agenda: - - - - FE22 Feedback, as mentioned great event for our engagement however AEC also interested in any anecdotal information relating to your general election observations, and for example common or emerging electoral themes that were raised with yourselves? Any feedback on ability to apply electoral legislation? Etc. Potential preventative measures and collaborative actions to consider ahead of future events Policy questions ahead of potential future referendum ECANZ working arrangements, feedback on current version to feed into upcoming reviews. Happy to chat ahead of Friday and keep things relatively informal if that works for yourselves? Re. Victoria State election: I will double check the contact I have in mind is still best placed and let you know in the coming days. Kind regards | A/g Director Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 1:44 PM To: Subject: Re: RE: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Cool lets lock in 1.30pm. 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 --- Certainly happy to do a post-election debrief though I do want to note it was actually fairly uneventful for our platform (a good thing) so we might not have an overwhelming amount of things to speak to from our end. On state elections - we have a good existing relationship with the electoral authority in NSW but would certainly appreciate an introduction to the Victorian Government. Thanks! From: Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2022, 17:31 Subject: RE: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] To: Thanks We can get some time at 1.30pm with the team. We have a large room here at AEC, so please fwd invite as necessary. Looking at a basic agenda - Would be great to use our time for a post-election debrief. Happy to touch on the Statement of intent in a review sense, however I note the broader state and territory electoral commissioners are meeting mid-July so I will have a lot more after this on the way forward. What in particular are you looking for in terms of upcoming state/territory elections? Happy to put you in touch with the relevant teams at the other commissions? Cheers | A/g Director Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 3 --- From: Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2022 1:23 PM To: Subject: Re: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Great. 11.30am or immediately after lunch time (say 1pm onwards) would be ideal for us! Thanks From: Date: Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 11:21 > Subject: RE: [External] Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] To: > Cc: "EIAT"<EIAT@aec.gov.au> Hi Great timing as was looking to send something out today on statement of intent. teams so will look to put something in. What timing options are available from your 1 July is good for my and side? Kind regards 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 4 --- | A/g Director Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Friday, 17 June 2022 2:07 PM To: Subject: Re: [External] RE: Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Hope you have been well and had a chance to rest since the election. The TikTok Public Policy team will be in Canberra 1 July, and I was wondering whether it would be an opportune time for us to have a post-election catch up and potentially discuss the Statement of Intent and upcoming state elections. As you are aware we have been working closely with with everyone together but I thought I would reach out to you first. team and the EIIF as well, so we'd be happy to meet Let me know your thoughts! Kind regards 4 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 5 --- From: Date: Sat, May 21, 2022, 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [External] RE: Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] To: Cc: Hi Yeap that is what I meant! Cheers From: Date: Sat, May 21, 2022, 12:52 PM Subject: [External] RE: Update regarding election content and postal rules [SEC=OFFICIAL] To Many thanks changes to secure telephone voting eligibility. , appreciate your responsiveness noting we are presuming this comment is in relation to the Cheers | A/g Director Defending Democracy Unit Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 5 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 6 --- --- Page 7 --- Follow us on DISCLAIMER: If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the email or attachments. DISCLAIMER: If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the email or attachments. DISCLAIMER: If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. If this email or any attachments have been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the email or attachments. 7
Doc 167 - TikTok AEC Agenda _SEC_OFFICIAL_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT Thursday, 9 February 2023 12:14 PM EIAT TikTok AEC Agenda [SEC=OFFICIAL] TikTok AEC Agenda 16 February 2023.docx From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Categories: Hi I hope you’re well and I’m looking forward to our meeting next Thursday, 16 Feb. At this stage I’m expecting AEC representatives from our Media and Digital Engagement Team, Regulatory Law Team and those of us who work closely with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. I’ve attached a proposed agenda for our meeting. We’re hoping to have a short update from TikTok and I’ve proposed a few topics we’d be interested in hearing about. Of course, very open to any additional points you may wish to raise or discussing this further. Once confirmed, I’ll update the calendar appointment with the agenda. Looking forward to working with you as we approach the proposed referendum. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F
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Doc 169 - AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL_Sensitive]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT media AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Saturday, 26 November 2022 10:43:23 AM Re EIAT and Twitter follow up SECOFFICIALSensitive.msg image001.gif image002.gif Dear We understand you are now our appropriate contact at Twitter Australia. We thought it would be good to reach out to you and confirm your contact details and our work together. We note that Twitter is undergoing significant changes at present, but we welcome the opportunity to confirm our continued referral processes in the support of maintaining accurate electoral information and authorisations consistent with Australian law. For some background, you will see attached referral documentation we used together in the context of the recent 2022 federal election. We propose having a more detailed catch up in the new year with relevant colleagues here in the AEC and from your team. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the Australian Electoral Commission, Australian federal elections more broadly and the proposed referendum. We look forward to working with you. Regards | Assistant Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f
Doc 170 - AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL_Sensitive]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT ; media AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Saturday, 26 November 2022 10:43:23 AM Re EIAT and Twitter follow up SECOFFICIALSensitive.msg image001.gif image002.gif Dear We understand you are now our appropriate contact at Twitter Australia. We thought it would be good to reach out to you and confirm your contact details and our work together. We note that Twitter is undergoing significant changes at present, but we welcome the opportunity to confirm our continued referral processes in the support of maintaining accurate electoral information and authorisations consistent with Australian law. For some background, you will see attached referral documentation we used together in the context of the recent 2022 federal election. We propose having a more detailed catch up in the new year with relevant colleagues here in the AEC and from your team. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the Australian Electoral Commission, Australian federal elections more broadly and the proposed referendum. We look forward to working with you. Regards | Assistant Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f
Doc 171 - AEC engagement with referrals portal [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Social Media; EIAT AEC engagement with referrals portal [SEC=OFFICIAL] Monday, 15 May 2023 7:36:37 PM image001.gif image002.gif Afternoon Hope you are going along well! Winter has well and truly hit here in Canberra, so I’m about ready to move to warmer locations already! By way of quick update, Mr Rogers and Mr Haigh appeared before a Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee hearing on 4 May down in Melbourne, where they were asked about the engagement with online platforms including yourselves. I understand the response referenced that we had met, that had been provided with additional escalation points for Twitter referrals and that he was broadly comfortable with cooperation across platforms at this time. We are currently in preparations to support Mr Rogers in his appearance at Senate Estimates in the week commencing Mon 22 May. Looking to also follow up on our use of the new referrals process via the legal portal provided. Please see below for a list of the posts referred to Twitter, as of middle of the day today, 15 May. We have removed previously reviewed/escalated/resolved items outlined in our past correspondence for brevity. Disappointingly, according to our records, nil actions have been taken against any of the below after significant time processing. As you would appreciate, the content of these referrals is of significant concern to us, particularly with regards to threats towards AEC staff, and mis/disinformation regarding electoral processes. For your background, the three highlighted referrals were originally made via the platform public channels (previous process), then referred again via the legal portal when we switched over, as per your instructions. The other referrals were all made directly via the legal portal. I am seeking to escalate the review of these referrals and re-open discussion more broadly on expectations when using this channel. Please also let me know if there is different information we should be including or highlighting, or if there are other ways that we can improve our requests. I understand that you also received my email that provided a letter from our Regulatory Law team, and some additional information that we hope will be of assistance to you in the lead up to the proposed referendum. If there are any questions coming out of this, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Many thanks, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission PENDING REFERRALS Case number Issue referred Specific topic Misinformation That the referendum is rigged and the votes have already been cast Date referred - platform N/A Date referred – legal portal 27/04/2023 15:25 Total time pending 15 days Date referred - platform 17/04/2023 10:00 Date referred – legal portal 02/05/2023 11:38 Platform decision date 09/05/2023 18:21 Appealed by AEC 10/05/2023 14:38 Total time pending 27 days Original Outcome APPEALED REFERRALS (AWAITING DECISION) Issue referred Specific topic Case number Misinformation A post spreading disinformation about dominion voting machines Misinformation Multiple voting 18/04/2023 14:18 02/05/2023 11:50 09/05/2023 18:24 10/05/2023 14:40 26 days Misinformation Multiple voting 19/04/2023 09:27 02/05/2023 11:54 09/05/2023 18:26 10/05/2023 14:42 25 days Misinformation N/A Encouraging enrolment fraud 02/05/2023 08:33 09/05/2023 18:08 10/05/2023 14:35 12 days Reviewed but no action taken Reviewed but no action taken Reviewed but no action taken Reviewed but no action Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 4Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- Abuse Inciting violence against AEC staff APPEALED DECISIONS (DECISION RECEIVED) N/A 05/05/2023 14:58 09/05/2023 18:28 10/05/2023 14:47 9 days Case number Issue referred Specific topic Abuse Inciting violence against AEC staff Date referred - platform N/A Date referred – legal portal 28/04/2023 09:04 Platform decision date 01/05/2023 19:13 Appeal decision date 05/05/2023 18:47 Total time pending 7 days taken Reviewed but no action taken Outcome Reviewed but no action taken Section 47fSection 47f
Doc 172 - Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT; media Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] Tuesday, 31 January 2023 4:44:56 PM image001.gif image002.gif Good afternoon Greetings from what is turning into a disappointingly short summer in Canberra! The Australian Electoral Commission is interested in scheduling an initial meeting with Twitter to build on the productive collaboration we had during 2022 and to highlight the change in scope between the federal election and the proposed referendum which could take place later this year. I understand that you must be getting contacted from multiple directions at present within Australian government, however hopefully we can work here to consolidate at least some of that thematically for you over the coming months. In terms of agenda – we’re eager to hear about any recent or pending changes to Twitter that may be of significance to an electoral and/or referendum event. Similarly, we’ll provide an overview of our preliminary plans to ensure referendum integrity through engagement with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce (EIAT) and discuss elements of our communications and public engagement strategy. Of course, we’ll seek to re-establish the appropriate enquiry and/or referral lines for electoral issues that may arise on your platform. As you would be aware, the AEC chairs the EIAT – a cross-Government cooperation between agencies on matters relating to electoral integrity – and we would look to hold future meetings between Twitter and representatives of Taskforce agencies as plans for the proposed referendum fall into place. If you could advise, at your earliest convenience, a preferred representative/s from Twitter to attend these meetings, that would be much appreciated. We’ll then seek to confirm an appropriate time to schedule a Teams meeting. We of course note that Twitter is undergoing significant change at present and appreciate the opportunity to confirm our continued engagement and collaboration, in support of maintaining accurate electoral and referendum information. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f
Doc 174 - Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT EIAT Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] Tuesday, 9 May 2023 3:17:59 PM image001.gif image002.gif Twitter Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC.pdf Good afternoon Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early-education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub-site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact-checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These Section 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub-site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Section 47fSection 47f
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Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT media RE: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Tuesday, 29 November 2022 7:45:28 PM ~WRD0000.jpg image003.gif image004.gif Many thanks We will try and coordinate around leave of key people on our side and get you an invite shortly. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission media <media@aec.gov.au> From: Sent: Monday, 28 November 2022 8:48 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Many thanks for reaching out. Great to be connected with you and the team. I had an extensive handover period with collaborative relationship between Twitter and the AEC. I look forward to continuing that engagement. Confirming that the existing arrangements for escalating legal requests and reports for potential breaches of our Twitter Rules remain in place. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions. It would be great to touch base early in the New Year. I'm back on deck the 3rd of Jan and am away the last week of Jan. Looking forward to speakin in the New Year. Warm regards, before she departed for Canva and was briefed on the productive and On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 11:44 AM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Dear We understand you are now our appropriate contact at Twitter Australia. We thought it would be good to reach out to you and confirm your contact details and our work together. We note that Twitter is undergoing significant changes at present, but we welcome the opportunity to confirm our continued referral processes in the support of maintaining accurate electoral information and authorisations consistent with Australian law. For some background, you will see attached referral documentation we used together in the context of the recent 2022 federal election. We propose having a more detailed catch up in the new year with relevant colleagues here in the AEC and from your team. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the Australian Electoral Commission, Australian federal elections more broadly and the proposed referendum. We look forward to working with you. Regards | Assistant Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fs 47F --- Page 2 ---
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Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT Re: AEC and Twitter follow up [SEC=OFFICIAL] Tuesday, 7 March 2023 9:09:37 AM image001.gif image002.gif CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thank you again for the time with us. Just clarifying here: -- Yes reconfirming any referrals and/or requests can be sent to https://legalrequests.twitter.com/forms/landing_disclaimer. -- (Twitter) with (AEC) to save inboxes for the high level meeting in early April. --Understood on the letter and the scenarios, and thank you. Thank you again for the time with us. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or follows. With best wishes, On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 12:33 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi , great to hear from you and yesterday. We really appreciate your time and it’s great to be working with Twitter in another busy and significant year for us at the AEC. I wanted to follow up with a quick email to recap some of the outcomes from our meeting. To confirm, for the proposed referendum and the upcoming Aston by-election, will the AEC be able to submit legal referral via https://legalrequests.twitter.com? From our end, in the coming weeks the AEC will look to; Supply Twitter with a letter outlining the regulatory environment. You can expect this after the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act has passed Parliament. Provide Twitter with escalation scenarios relevant to the referendum. As we’d be happy to discuss a table top exercise to assist in informing your responses. These should provide some guidance on what the AEC considers mis and disinformation in relation to the referendum process. A reminder the AEC is an impartial electoral management body and will not be engaging with the content of the referendum, rather our focus is on referendum administration and operational delivery. raised in the meeting, Separately, following suggestion, we’d be happy to arrange an additional meeting with . Grateful if you can provide relevant Twitter contact details so I can confirm availability and send out a calendar invitation. in We’re also looking forward to locking in a virtual meeting with additional AEC senior executives and early April. For context, from the AEC side you can expect the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Jeff Pope, and the Australian Electoral Commissioner, Mr Tom Rogers to attend. We remain available within the following times: 1.30pm-4.30pm AEST 5 April 1.00pm-3.30pm AEST 6 April. Should you have any proposed agenda items for this discussion, please let me know. is cc’ed and will provide a Teams meeting invitation, once we have your availability. , Mr Rogers PA, As always, happy to discuss any questions or concerns and I hope you have safe travels back to Singapore next week. Kind regards, Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 ---
Doc 178 - Re_ Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] _Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT; media Re: Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] Wednesday, 1 February 2023 11:32:09 AM image001.gif image002.gif CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Thank you very much for reaching out and glad to be in touch. Given detail would you or a team member have a few minutes for a quick informal chat this week, just so I understand requests and steps? Would also welcome the initial meeting with AEC at a time that works for you over the coming week and two - perhaps we could also arrange that on call? Thank you again. With regards, ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:45 PM Subject: Engagement with the Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL] To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>, media <media@aec.gov.au> Good afternoon Greetings from what is turning into a disappointingly short summer in Canberra! The Australian Electoral Commission is interested in scheduling an initial meeting with Twitter to build on the productive collaboration we had during 2022 and to highlight the change in scope between the federal election and the proposed referendum which could take place later this year. I understand that you must be getting contacted from multiple directions at present within Australian government, however hopefully we can work here to consolidate at least some of that thematically for you over the coming months. In terms of agenda – we’re eager to hear about any recent or pending changes to Twitter that may be of significance to an electoral and/or referendum event. Similarly, we’ll provide an overview of our preliminary plans to ensure referendum integrity through engagement with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce (EIAT) and discuss elements of our communications and public engagement strategy. Of course, we’ll seek to re-establish the appropriate enquiry and/or referral lines for electoral issues that may arise on your platform. As you would be aware, the AEC chairs the EIAT – a cross-Government cooperation between agencies on matters relating to electoral integrity – and we would look to hold future meetings between Twitter and representatives of Taskforce agencies as plans for the proposed referendum fall into place. If you could advise, at your earliest convenience, a preferred representative/s from Twitter to attend these meetings, that would be much appreciated. We’ll then seek to confirm an appropriate time to schedule a Teams meeting. We of course note that Twitter is undergoing significant change at present and appreciate the opportunity to confirm our continued engagement and collaboration, in support of maintaining accurate electoral and referendum information. Kind regards | Director Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47 --- Page 2 ---
Doc 179 - RE_ For Advice_ Twitter Meeting Availability. [SEC=OFFICIAL_Sensitive]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: EIAT Subject: Date: Attachments: RE: For Advice: Twitter Meeting Availability. [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Tuesday, 10 January 2023 1:04:26 PM image005.jpg image001.gif image002.gif EIAT Dear Wishing you a happy new year. As foreshadowed by our email below, we would be grateful to meet for a catch up, including with colleagues from our social media team. Below are dates that would work for us, please let us know your preference: Monday 6 February: anytime between 9am to 12pm, 2pm onwards. Tuesday 7 February: 2pm – 3pm Wednesday 8 February: 9am to 10am, 2pm – 3pm Friday 10 February: anytime between 9am to 12pm, 2pm onwards. *Canberra AEDT time If none of these dates suit, please let me know of alternatives and I’ll work on finding a suitable time. We are happy to meet virtually on Microsoft Teams, but also more than happy to organise a meeting room here in Canberra if you were in town on the date in question. Looking forward to hearing back from you, Kind regards, | Senior Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2022 8:45 PM To: Cc: media <media@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Many thanks We will try and coordinate around leave of key people on our side and get you an invite shortly. Kind regards >; EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission media <media@aec.gov.au> From: Sent: Monday, 28 November 2022 8:48 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Many thanks for reaching out. Great to be connected with you and the team. I had an extensive handover period with collaborative relationship between Twitter and the AEC. I look forward to continuing that engagement. Confirming that the existing arrangements for escalating legal requests and reports for potential breaches of our Twitter Rules remain in place. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional before she departed for Canva and was briefed on the productive and Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fs 47Fs 47F --- Page 2 ---
Doc 180 - RE_ For Advice_ Twitter Meeting Availability. [SEC=OFFICIAL_Sensitive]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT EIAT RE: For Advice: Twitter Meeting Availability. [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Monday, 23 January 2023 2:18:48 PM image005.jpg image001.gif image002.gif Good afternoon I am looking to follow up on my colleague with the Australian Electoral Commission to further discuss Twitter’s referral process and support accurate electoral information on the platform. As mentioned in previous email our social media team, along with other colleagues, would be grateful to be included in a meeting as well. I appreciate this is likely a busy time for you. I have updated the potential dates that may work for us, however would of course be open to discussing alternatives. email and discuss a suitable time for a short meeting Monday 6 February: anytime 2pm onwards. Tuesday 7 February: anytime 2pm onwards Wednesday 8 February: 9am to 10am, 2pm – 3pm Friday 10 February: anytime 2pm onwards. *Canberra AEDT time If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us and we would be glad to discuss them with you. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 2:04 PM To: Cc: ; EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: For Advice: Twitter Meeting Availability. [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Dear Wishing you a happy new year. As foreshadowed by our email below, we would be grateful to meet for a catch up, including with colleagues from our social media team. Below are dates that would work for us, please let us know your preference: Monday 6 February: anytime between 9am to 12pm, 2pm onwards. Tuesday 7 February: 2pm – 3pm Wednesday 8 February: 9am to 10am, 2pm – 3pm Friday 10 February: anytime between 9am to 12pm, 2pm onwards. *Canberra AEDT time If none of these dates suit, please let me know of alternatives and I’ll work on finding a suitable time. We are happy to meet virtually on Microsoft Teams, but also more than happy to organise a meeting room here in Canberra if you were in town on the date in question. Looking forward to hearing back from you, Kind regards, | Senior Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fs 47fs 47f --- Page 2 --- Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2022 8:45 PM To: Cc: media <media@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] Many thanks We will try and coordinate around leave of key people on our side and get you an invite shortly. Kind regards EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission ; media <media@aec.gov.au> From: Sent: Monday, 28 November 2022 8:48 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: AEC and Twitter [SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Many thanks for reaching out. Great to be connected with you and the team. I had an extensive handover period with collaborative relationship between Twitter and the AEC. I look forward to continuing that engagement. Confirming that the existing arrangements for escalating legal requests and reports for potential breaches of our Twitter Rules remain in place. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions. It would be great to touch base early in the New Year. I'm back on deck the 3rd of Jan and am away the last week of Jan. Looking forward to speakin in the New Year. Warm regards, before she departed for Canva and was briefed on the productive and On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 11:44 AM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Dear We understand you are now our appropriate contact at Twitter Australia. We thought it would be good to reach out to you and confirm your contact details and our work together. We note that Twitter is undergoing significant changes at present, but we welcome the opportunity to confirm our continued referral processes in the support of maintaining accurate electoral information and authorisations consistent with Australian law. For some background, you will see attached referral documentation we used together in the context of the recent 2022 federal election. We propose having a more detailed catch up in the new year with relevant colleagues here in the AEC and from your team. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the Australian Electoral Commission, Australian federal elections more broadly and the proposed referendum. We look forward to working with you. 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Doc 181A - Twitter AEC Agenda 01 March 2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 185 - Re_ Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT Re: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] Wednesday, 10 May 2023 6:01:05 AM image001.gif image002.gif CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Dear and Team, Thank you for your email and the attached correspondence. Acknowledging receipt and confirming I have shared these with our internal teams. With best wishes, On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:17 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early-education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub-site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact- Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 ---
Doc 186 - Tentative_ Twitter _ Australian Electoral Commission [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 187 - Twitter & Australian Electoral Commission - Teams Meeting details [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: EIAT Twitter & Australian Electoral Commission - Teams Meeting details [SEC=OFFICIAL] Wednesday, 1 March 2023 7:46:52 AM Twitter AEC Agenda 01 March 2023.docx image003.png image001.gif image002.gif Good morning Looking forward to speaking with yourself and the Teams meeting details. Kind regards, shortly. Should they be needed, please find below | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 429 837 650 824 Passcode: hxde3i Download Teams | Join on the web This meeting invitation was generated by the AEC Microsoft Teams instance Learn More | Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________ Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fs 47F
Doc 187A - Twitter AEC Agenda 01 March 2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Doc 5 - RE External FW Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool SECOFFICIAL (A3055492)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- EIAT Thursday, 1 June 2023 10:11 AM EIAT; Social Media; Authorisation Section RE: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hi Thanks for your email. I’ve spoken with the AEC’s Media and Digital Engagement team, and we’re wondering if Monday 19 June at 10:00am would be a suitable time to meet and discuss TikTok’s on-platform referendum guide? Additionally, as you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently announced that a by- election, for the federal electoral division of Fadden, has been called with voting day to be held on Saturday 15 July 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, and the Australian public, on the integrity of this electoral event. Hoping you can confirm that TikTok’s Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET) is the best pathway should we need to refer content and that have been whitelisted to access the tool? When we last spoke on the phone, you offered to facilitate a short meeting between the AEC and your Trust and Safety team for a brief tutorial on how to use TSET. We’d be interested in taking you up on this offer and wondering if Thursday 15 June at 11am would work for your team? Happy to discuss these meetings further. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 10:48 AM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: [External] FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Hope you have been well. Just following up on when might be possible to meet (with communications/PSAs/hub for the Referendum? team) regarding on-platform 1 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47FSection 47E(d) --- Page 2 --- Cheers On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:14 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi , Hoping you’re well and thank you for acknowledging receipt of our Regulatory Law teams letter week. shared last Recently, we received confirmation that you’ve transitioned to TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). I’m looking to confirm if access the tool? are the AEC emails with Happy to discuss if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:51 PM To: Defending Democracy Unit <DefendingDemocracyUnit@aec.gov.au>; Subject: FW: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi folks, 2 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47FSection 47E(d) --- Page 3 --- We’ve received the attached user manual for a TikTok safety enforcement tool yesterday arvo. Unsure what it relates to but if you’ve been working with them on providing access can you please let them know that our social media head honcho? is now Thanks and kind regards, | Senior Media Officer Assistant Director | Media & Digital Engagement Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2023 4:56 PM To: Social Media <socialmedia@aec.gov.au>; Cc: Subject: Onboarding successful - TikTok Safety Enforcement Tool CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good afternoon, I'm writing to let you know that the Australian Electoral Commission has been successfully on-boarded onto TikTok's Safety Enforcement Tool (TSET). TSET is TikTok's secure web portal designed to enable our Government partners to easily submit and review content takedown requests. Going forward, you can submit requests through the TSET portal rather than using the email address. This will enable you to easily track the progress of your agency's ongoing and completed requests, and provides you with direct access to our dedicated Trust & Safety teams. 3 s 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47Fs 47G(1) --- Page 4 ---
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Document 100 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 16.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- OK to put in my name, details as follows: Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] uthorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: 5 Section 47f --- Page 6 --- Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. 6 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 7 --- Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 7 Section 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- 8
Document 101 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.2.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 2 Section 47f
Document 102 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 10.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- M m m On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; 2 Section 47f --- Page 3 --- socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 4 Section 47f --- Page 5 --- 5
Document 103 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 13.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi 4 Section 47f --- Page 5 --- Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 6 Section 47f --- Page 7 --- 7
Document 104 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 16.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au 4 Section 47f --- Page 5 --- EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- 6
Document 105 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 30.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Tuesday, 30 May 2023 5:28 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for the update and please don't hesitate to let me know if there's any further questions I can help with. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Thank you for providing this information. I apologies for the delays, but we are continuing to review our participation in the Trusted Flagger program and I’ll get back to you once we have an outcome. Appreciate your understand. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 8:19 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi I hope this finds you well! Thanks for your email and your patience while I followed up internally. In response to your questions: 2. Verticals we are happy to onboard under the electoral misinformation vertical (as well as hate speech) if that is your preference. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1) --- Page 3 --- M m m On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Apologies for the delay in getting back to you regarding the AEC participating in the YouTube Trusted Flagger Program. We’ve been considering the offer closely and have some follow up questions. 3 Section 47fSection 47C(1) --- Page 4 --- Lastly, we’ve noted that the policy vertical of Electoral Misinformation, along with the Hate Speech, may be more suitable for the AEC than the broader Misinformation vertical. The AEC will only refer content concerning the referendum or electoral process and will not be engaging with the subject of the referendum. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Should we proceed, we’d appreciate if we could please forward an updated NDA with the with the details reflected below: Full Legal Entity Name: The Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Electoral Commission Title: Assistant Commissioner Many thanks for your patience as we consider this program. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:50 AM To: Rachel Lord <lordr@google.com> Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you confirming I have received. 4 Authorisation Section Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1) --- Page 5 --- | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:28 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks You should receive a copy of the NDA via email. Please let me know if not and I'll follow up. Obviously please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM wrote: Thank you OK to put in my name, details as follows: 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, 6 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 7 --- Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 7 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au 8 Section 47f --- Page 9 --- EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 9 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 10 --- 10
Document 106 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Wednesday, 17 May 2023 7:36 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your email. Leave this with me and I will come back to you. I just need to confirm my understanding on some of the issues you have raised. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Apologies for the delay in getting back to you regarding the AEC participating in the YouTube Trusted Flagger Program. We’ve been considering the offer closely and have some follow up questions. Lastly, we’ve noted that the policy vertical of Electoral Misinformation, along with the Hate Speech, may be more suitable for the AEC than the broader Misinformation vertical. The AEC will only refer content concerning the referendum or electoral process and will not be engaging with the subject of the referendum. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Should we proceed, we’d appreciate if we could please forward an updated NDA with the with the details reflected below: 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1)Section 47C(1) --- Page 2 --- Full Legal Entity Name: The Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Electoral Commission Address: 12 Mort St, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. Full name: Title: Assistant Commissioner Email: Many thanks for your patience as we consider this program. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:50 AM To: Rachel Lord <lordr@google.com> Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you confirming I have received. | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Authorisation Section 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:28 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks You should receive a copy of the NDA via email. Please let me know if not and I'll follow up. Obviously please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM wrote: Thank you OK to put in my name, details as follows: Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au 6 Section 47f --- Page 7 --- EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 7 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- 8
Document 107 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 30.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- we are happy to onboard under the electoral misinformation vertical (as well as hate speech) if that is your preference. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, M m m 2 Section 47f --- Page 3 --- On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Apologies for the delay in getting back to you regarding the AEC participating in the YouTube Trusted Flagger Program. We’ve been considering the offer closely and have some follow up questions. Lastly, we’ve noted that the policy vertical of Electoral Misinformation, along with the Hate Speech, may be more suitable for the AEC than the broader Misinformation vertical. The AEC will only refer content concerning the referendum or electoral process and will not be engaging with the subject of the referendum. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Should we proceed, we’d appreciate if we could please forward an updated NDA with the with the details reflected below: Full Legal Entity Name: The Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Electoral Commission Address: 12 Mort St, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. Full name: Title: Assistant Commissioner Email: Many thanks for your patience as we consider this program. Kind regards, 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1) --- Page 4 --- | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Authorisation Section From: Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:50 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you confirming I have received. | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:28 AM 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks You should receive a copy of the NDA via email. Please let me know if not and I'll follow up. Obviously please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM wrote: Thank you OK to put in my name, details as follows: 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. H No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title 6 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 7 --- I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 7 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 8 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 9 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi 9 Section 47f --- Page 10 --- Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. H 10 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 11 --- Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 11 Section 47f --- Page 12 --- 12
Document 108 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:50 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you confirming I have received. | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission Authorisation Section From: Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:28 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks You should receive a copy of the NDA via email. Please let me know if not and I'll follow up. Obviously please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM wrote: Thank you OK to put in my name, details as follows: 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: H 6 Secion 47f --- Page 7 --- Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi 7 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 8 Section 47f --- Page 9 --- 9
Document 109 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 9.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Thursday, 9 March 2023 6:55 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- 3
Document 110 - RE_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 24.05.2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Wednesday, 24 May 2023 8:19 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi I hope this finds you well! Thanks for your email and your patience while I followed up internally. In response to your questions: 2. Verticals we are happy to onboard under the electoral misinformation vertical (as well as hate speech) if that is your preference. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Apologies for the delay in getting back to you regarding the AEC participating in the YouTube Trusted Flagger Program. We’ve been considering the offer closely and have some follow up questions. 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1)Section 47C(1) --- Page 2 --- Lastly, we’ve noted that the policy vertical of Electoral Misinformation, along with the Hate Speech, may be more suitable for the AEC than the broader Misinformation vertical. The AEC will only refer content concerning the referendum or electoral process and will not be engaging with the subject of the referendum. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Should we proceed, we’d appreciate if we could please forward an updated NDA with the with the details reflected below: Full Legal Entity Name: The Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Electoral Commission Address: 12 Mort St, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. Full name: Title: Assistant Commissioner Email Many thanks for your patience as we consider this program. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:50 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: RE: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Thank you confirming I have received. | Director 2 Authorisation Section Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47C(1) --- Page 3 --- Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:28 AM To: Cc: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au>; <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Thanks You should receive a copy of the NDA via email. Please let me know if not and I'll follow up. Obviously please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM wrote: Thank you OK to put in my name, details as follows: 3 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 4 --- Director, Defending Democracy Unit. Kind regards | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Friday, 10 March 2023 5:25 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: <authorisationsection@aec.gov.au> Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 5 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 6 --- On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au 6 Section 47f --- Page 7 --- EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 7 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 8 --- 8
Document 111 - Re_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.2.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Friday, 17 February 2023 1:54 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your email It's preferable to have one email address but we can be flexible! So yes, all of those emails could be registered. And participation is usually ongoing. I can make sure our teams understand that we are unlikely to see a high level of flags from the AEC between federal events. I don't imagine that will be a problem. Please let me know if there's any other questions I can answer. If not, have a great weekend! Cheers, On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- 3
Document 112 - Re_ YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 10.3.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Friday, 10 March 2023 4:25 PM EIAT Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] Authorisation Section CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi No worries at all ‐ understand how busy you must be! We'd be happy to provide a copy of the NDA but require the following details to do so: Full name Email address Physical Address Job Title I know you mentioned you'd like to onboard a few but details for just one email account holder would suffice. And in terms of policy verticals, our focus would be on misinformation (which is broader than election misinformation and should realistically cover the issues we'd anticipate could arise in the context of the referendum) but thought it might be sensible to cover hate speech as well. If you'd prefer to cover just misinformation that is fine with us. Cheers, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: H Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We’re still considering, but would appreciate if you could please provide a copy of the NDA participants are subject to. Also seeking to clarify if we will be reporting against the policy vertical of misinformation or elections misinformation, as well as hate speech. Again, appreciate your patience. Kind regards, 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 2 --- | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 7:55 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: YouTube Trusted Flaggers [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Just following up to see if any decision had been made about the Trusted Flagger program? It's not a problem if you are still considering ‐ will just need to let our training teams know. Cheers, 2 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 3 --- M m m On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi Many thanks for providing this information ‐ we’re certainly interested in considering and will get back to you shortly. Before we do, it would be helpful to could confirm if the following emails can all be made Trusted Flaggers; socialmedia@aec.gov.au 3 Section 47f --- Page 4 --- EIAT@aec.gov.au authorisationsection@aec.gov.au Also, if our participation can remain ongoing or will lapse between federal events? Appreciate you reserves the right to remove participants who don’t participate significantly in the program. Many thanks, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 12:40 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Subject: YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, 4 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f --- Page 5 --- 5
Document 113 - YouTube Trusted Flaggers - 16.02.2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:40 AM EIAT YouTube Trusted Flaggers CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your time yesterday. It was really informative to learn about the AEC's plans for the upcoming referendum. I promised to share some further information about YouTube's Trusted Flagger program, which can be found here. As I mentioned, if the AEC was interested, we would propose onboarding under our misinformation and hate speech verticals within the next four weeks or so. The time commitment for the team would be about an hour. Please let me know if this is something you'd be interested in pursuing and I can make the necessary arrangements. I'd also be happy to answer any further questions you might have. All the best, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Australia and New Zealand 1 Section 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47fSection 47f
Document 188 - AEC & Google preliminary referendum meeting [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3029528)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 188A - Google AEC Agenda 15 February 2023 (A3030148)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 189 - AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum _SEC_OFFICIAL_ (A3030152)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 190 - AEC_EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030145)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hi Thursday, 16 February 2023 9:30 AM AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] Wonderful to meet you yesterday and very much looking forward to collaborating in the lead up to the referendum. Shortly I’ll be sending through a follow up email to the Google team confirming a few action items from yesterday’s meeting – apologies for the slight delay on this! Thanks for your offer to share your phone number, unfortunately I’m having a little trouble locating it so I’d be grateful if you could share it with me again? As I’ll be your main point of contact for the AEC, I also wanted to pass on mine, , please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns, always very happy to help and get you the best information possible. For emails that are of significance or urgent, I’d recommend either sending them to or CCing in EIAT@aec.gov.au so others in the Defending Democracy Unit (DDU) can assist if I’m unavailable. Looking forward to speaking with you more over the coming months. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission T: 1
Document 191 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030146)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 192 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce_ Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030140)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 193 - Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] (A3030138)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Tuesday, 9 May 2023 2:42 PM EIAT Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] Google Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC.pdf Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed Categories: Good afternoon Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor‐General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early‐education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub‐site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. 1 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 2 --- Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact‐checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub‐site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47FSection 47F
Document 193A - Google Letter - Referral of Content from the AEC (A2994566) (A3030150)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 194 - RE_AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum_SEC_OFFICIAL_(2) (A3030142)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Government Affairs and Public Policy On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 12:54, EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon all, The Australian Electoral Commission are currently preparing for the proposed referendum on a Voice to Parliament, currently being considered by Government. Given it could take place in the second half of this year, and we enjoyed productive engagement in the lead up to the recent federal election, the AEC are interested in scheduling an initial meeting with Google to highlight the change in scope between these two events. I’ve noted one potential meeting times below that would work for the AEC; Wednesday, 15 February 10:00am ‐11:00am If you could advise, if this window would suit yourselves and/or other Google representatives, I’ll make arrangements for a Microsoft Teams meeting. Of course, very glad to discuss alternative times if the above option don’t suits. Should you happen to be in Canberra and available, you would of course be welcome to join us here at the National Office for the meeting. A proposed agenda will follow – but happy to work with you on any specific items you may wish to raise. We appreciate the opportunity to confirm our continued collaboration and look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 3 --- 3
Document 195 - Re_ AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL]_(2) (A3031812)_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 10:34, EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good morning I hope you’ve been well. Please find attached a proposed agenda for our meeting next Wednesday 15 February. We’re hoping to have a short update from Google and I’ve proposed a few topics we’d be interested in hearing about. If, however, you feel any of these would be best covered as a standalone meeting or in a written brief then we’re of course happy to help arrange this. Also happy to receive advice on who from your team would be best to lead on the Google update. Once confirmed, I’ll include the agenda in our calendar appointment. Many thanks for your help and please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I’d be glad to discuss them. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 3 --- From: Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 1:06 PM To: EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> Cc: Subject: Re: AEC Engagement for the Proposed Referendum [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Great to virtually meet you and for contacting us about this important matter. We'd love to have a discussion about the referendum and I can confirm that Wednesday 15 Feb works well for us. Please send through an invitation for MS Teams. Kind regards Government Affairs and Public Policy On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 12:54, EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon all, 3 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47Section 47FSection 47F --- Page 4 --- The Australian Electoral Commission are currently preparing for the proposed referendum on a Voice to Parliament, currently being considered by Government. Given it could take place in the second half of this year, and we enjoyed productive engagement in the lead up to the recent federal election, the AEC are interested in scheduling an initial meeting with Google to highlight the change in scope between these two events. I’ve noted one potential meeting times below that would work for the AEC; Wednesday, 15 February 10:00am ‐11:00am If you could advise, if this window would suit yourselves and/or other Google representatives, I’ll make arrangements for a Microsoft Teams meeting. Of course, very glad to discuss alternative times if the above option don’t suits. Should you happen to be in Canberra and available, you would of course be welcome to join us here at the National Office for the meeting. A proposed agenda will follow – but happy to work with you on any specific items you may wish to raise. We appreciate the opportunity to confirm our continued collaboration and look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 4 Section 47FSection 47F
Document 82 - RE_ AEC_EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] _Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Hi Great to see you yesterday and hear more from the AEC about plans for the upcoming referendum. Please see attached escalation paths (which applied to the election last year and will also apply to the referendum). You'll see that slide 2 includes both email addresses and Hannah's phone number for emergency / out of hours issues. Here is a website with more information about the Advanced Protection Program, which is offered to individuals at high risk of being targeted by bad actors; please note that these tools can only be used across Google services (Gmail, Drive etc). So they are really only relevant for people who are using these services for sharing sensitive information (which would be worthy of being targeted). We talk about this program in our civics training, which is delivered to political parties as well as individual elected representatives who take us up on the offer of training. Finally, I promised to send through more information about our AI announcements last week. The blog post links off to a number of other resources that should hopefully answer any questions you have. I will note that all Google employees have today been given access to Bard and therefore we will start testing it locally in the context of referendum questions and start providing feedback. We'll keep you posted when we have a clearer sense of when Bard might be made more widely available. Kind regards Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 10:29, wrote: Hi Wonderful to meet you yesterday and very much looking forward to collaborating in the lead up to the referendum. Shortly I’ll be sending through a follow up email to the Google team confirming a few action items from yesterday’s meeting – apologies for the slight delay on this! Thanks for your offer to share your phone number, unfortunately I’m having a little trouble locating it so I’d be grateful if you could share it with me again? As I’ll be your main point of contact for the AEC, I also wanted to pass , please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns, always very happy to help on mine, and get you the best information possible. For emails that are of significance or urgent, I’d recommend either sending them to or CCing in EIAT@aec.gov.au so others in the Defending Democracy Unit (DDU) can assist if I’m unavailable. 2 Section 47FSection 47Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSecion 47FSection 47F --- Page 3 --- Looking forward to speaking with you more over the coming months. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 3 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47F
Document 83 - Re_ AEC_EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 16_2_23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- We appreciate your consideration of the referendum environment as you commence testing Bard on what I’m sure is a very exciting day for you and your colleagues! Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:03 AM To: P Cc: Subject: Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Great to see you yesterday and hear more from the AEC about plans for the upcoming referendum. Please see attached escalation paths (which applied to the election last year and will also apply to the referendum). You'll see that slide 2 includes both email addresses and Hannah's phone number for emergency / out of hours issues. Here is a website with more information about the Advanced Protection Program, which is offered to individuals at high risk of being targeted by bad actors; please note that these tools can only be used across Google services (Gmail, Drive etc). So they are really only relevant for people who are using these services for sharing sensitive information (which would be worthy of being targeted). We talk about this program in our civics training, which is delivered to political parties as well as individual elected representatives who take us up on the offer of training. Finally, I promised to send through more information about our AI announcements last week. The blog post links off to a number of other resources that should hopefully answer any questions you have. I will note that all Google employees have today been given access to Bard and therefore we will start testing it locally in the context of referendum questions and start providing feedback. We'll keep you posted when we have a clearer sense of when Bard might be made more widely available. Kind regards 2 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47 --- Page 3 --- Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 10:29, > wrote: Hi Wonderful to meet you yesterday and very much looking forward to collaborating in the lead up to the referendum. Shortly I’ll be sending through a follow up email to the Google team confirming a few action items from yesterday’s meeting – apologies for the slight delay on this! Thanks for your offer to share your phone number, unfortunately I’m having a little trouble locating it so I’d be grateful if you could share it with me again? As I’ll be your main point of contact for the AEC, I also wanted to pass on mine, help and get you the best information possible. , please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns, always very happy to For emails that are of significance or urgent, I’d recommend either sending them to or CCing in EIAT@aec.gov.au so others in the Defending Democracy Unit (DDU) can assist if I’m unavailable. Looking forward to speaking with you more over the coming months. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 3 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F
Document 83A - [Confidential] Google & YouTube Election Escalation Pathways - 2022_2023_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
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Document 84 - Re_ AEC_EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 19.4.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- Today Google has announced that referendum related advertising is being scoped into our political ads policy, meaning anyone running referendum related advertising will need to have their advertising account/s verified, and their ads will appear in our political ads transparency report. Also wanted to check in if any resources regarding the below might be available as yet? We did see the launch of the new disinfo register and have already passed it on to our Trust and Safety colleagues as one of the authoritative sources they should rely on for the purpose of applying our election misinformation policy. From our end, I can confirm that the AEC will; 1. Providing you with a letter outlining the regularly environment once legislation has passed Parliament. This letter will provide you with the most accurate information concerning the referendum process. 2. Provide updates on our referendum education resources as they are made available. This will include a number of videos and a referendum specific Disinformation Register (please find a link to the 2022 Federal Election register here). Once live, the Register will be regularly updated with common pieces of disinformation we are encountering. Cheers, M m m Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager Google Australia Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn Read the latest Google and YouTube reports See what's trending in Australia today On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 1:32 PM wrote: Apologies flagged below. please find escalation paths attached! We look forward to receiving the additional communications Kind regards M m m Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 13:29, wrote: 2 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 3 --- Hi Many thanks for sharing this information, the Advanced Protection Program will certainly be of interest to the broader AEC and our interactions with various stakeholders. has already reached out as well to provide us with further information on YouTube's Trusted Flagger program and we greatly appreciate both of your efforts to provide us with this information so promptly. Apologies but I don’t seem to have the escalation path attachment and the 2022 federal election escalation pathways I have on file don’t appear to include you could forward this through again that would be much appreciated. s emergency number. When you have an opportunity, if From our end, I can confirm that the AEC will; 1. Providing you with a letter outlining the regularly environment once legislation has passed Parliament. This letter will provide you with the most accurate information concerning the referendum process. 2. Provide updates on our referendum education resources as they are made available. This will include a number of videos and a referendum specific Disinformation Register (please find a link to the 2022 Federal Election register here). Once live, the Register will be regularly updated with common pieces of disinformation we are encountering. We appreciate your consideration of the referendum environment as you commence testing Bard on what I’m sure is a very exciting day for you and your colleagues! Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 3 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 4 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:03 AM To: Cc Subject: Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Great to see you yesterday and hear more from the AEC about plans for the upcoming referendum. Please see attached escalation paths (which applied to the election last year and will also apply to the referendum). You'll see that slide 2 includes both email addresses and phone number for emergency / out of hours issues. Here is a website with more information about the Advanced Protection Program, which is offered to individuals at high risk of being targeted by bad actors; please note that these tools can only be used across Google services (Gmail, Drive etc). So they are really only relevant for people who are using these services for sharing sensitive information (which would be worthy of being targeted). We talk about this program in our civics training, which is delivered to political parties as well as individual elected representatives who take us up on the offer of training. Finally, I promised to send through more information about our AI announcements last week. The blog post links off to a number of other resources that should hopefully answer any questions you have. I will note that all Google employees have today been given access to Bard and therefore we will start testing it locally in the context of referendum questions and start providing feedback. We'll keep you posted when we have a clearer sense of when Bard might be made more widely available. Kind regards Government Affairs and Public Policy 4 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 5 --- On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 10:29, wrote: Hi Wonderful to meet you yesterday and very much looking forward to collaborating in the lead up to the referendum. Shortly I’ll be sending through a follow up email to the Google team confirming a few action items from yesterday’s meeting – apologies for the slight delay on this! Thanks for your offer to share your phone number, unfortunately I’m having a little trouble locating it so I’d be grateful if you could share it with me again? As I’ll be your main point of contact for the AEC, I also wanted to pass on mine, to help and get you the best information possible. , please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns, always very happy For emails that are of significance or urgent, I’d recommend either sending them to or CCing in EIAT@aec.gov.au so others in the Defending Democracy Unit (DDU) can assist if I’m unavailable. Looking forward to speaking with you more over the coming months. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 5 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 6 --- 6
Document 85 - Re_ AEC_EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 18.4.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- --- Page 2 --- M m m Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 13:29, wrote: Hi , Many thanks for sharing this information, the Advanced Protection Program will certainly be of interest to the broader AEC and our interactions with various stakeholders. has already reached out as well to provide us with further information on YouTube's Trusted Flagger program and we greatly appreciate both of your efforts to provide us with this information so promptly. Apologies but I don’t seem to have the escalation path attachment and the 2022 federal election escalation pathways I have on file don’t appear to include you could forward this through again that would be much appreciated. emergency number. When you have an opportunity, if From our end, I can confirm that the AEC will; 1. Providing you with a letter outlining the regularly environment once legislation has passed Parliament. This letter will provide you with the most accurate information concerning the referendum process. 2. Provide updates on our referendum education resources as they are made available. This will include a number of videos and a referendum specific Disinformation Register (please find a link to the 2022 Federal Election register here). Once live, the Register will be regularly updated with common pieces of disinformation we are encountering. We appreciate your consideration of the referendum environment as you commence testing Bard on what I’m sure is a very exciting day for you and your colleagues! Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 3 --- From: Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:03 AM To: Cc: Subject: Re: AEC/EIAT contact details [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Great to see you yesterday and hear more from the AEC about plans for the upcoming referendum. Please see attached escalation paths (which applied to the election last year and will also apply to the referendum). You'll see that slide 2 includes both email addresses and phone number for emergency / out of hours issues. Here is a website with more information about the Advanced Protection Program, which is offered to individuals at high risk of being targeted by bad actors; please note that these tools can only be used across Google services (Gmail, Drive etc). So they are really only relevant for people who are using these services for sharing sensitive information (which would be worthy of being targeted). We talk about this program in our civics training, which is delivered to political parties as well as individual elected representatives who take us up on the offer of training. Finally, I promised to send through more information about our AI announcements last week. The blog post links off to a number of other resources that should hopefully answer any questions you have. I will note that all Google employees have today been given access to Bard and therefore we will start testing it locally in the context of referendum questions and start providing feedback. We'll keep you posted when we have a clearer sense of when Bard might be made more widely available. Kind regards Government Affairs and Public Policy On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 10:29, wrote: Hi Wonderful to meet you yesterday and very much looking forward to collaborating in the lead up to the referendum. Shortly I’ll be sending through a follow up email to the Google team confirming a few action items from yesterday’s meeting – apologies for the slight delay on this! Thanks for your offer to share your phone number, unfortunately I’m having a little trouble locating it so I’d be grateful if you could share it with me again? As I’ll be your main point of contact for the AEC, I also wanted to pass on mine, to help and get you the best information possible. , please feel free to call or email with any questions or concerns, always very happy 3 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 4 --- For emails that are of significance or urgent, I’d recommend either sending them to or CCing in EIAT@aec.gov.au so others in the Defending Democracy Unit (DDU) can assist if I’m unavailable. Looking forward to speaking with you more over the coming months. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 4 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47F
Document 86 - Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce_ Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL]_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Thursday, 1 June 2023 11:08 AM EIAT Re: Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce: Division of Fadden by-election [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your email and for confirming the by‐election. We will alert the relevant internal teams. I can confirm that the escalation pathways remain the same, so please don't hesitate to use them if needed. I am finishing up with Google next Friday, but meetings and briefings as useful. will be able to assist with further referendum I also wanted to share our latest report on misinformation and disinformation which includes coverage of the 2022 federal election. Kind regards, M m m Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager Google Australia Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn Read the latest Google and YouTube reports See what's trending in Australia today On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:47 AM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Hi I hope you’ve been well. As you may be aware, the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently announced a by‐election for the federal electoral division of Fadden, with voting day to be held on Saturday 15 July 2023. The Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce will again provide assurance to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, as well as the Australian public, on the integrity of this electoral event. I’m hoping to confirm that your escalation pathways have not changed recently and are expected to remain the same for this event? For both legal and content referral the AEC will be working from the channels outlined in the attached PDF event, please don’t hesitate to let me know. previously provided. Should you have any questions regarding the EIAT’s involvement in this 1 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSecion 47FSection 47F --- Page 2 --- Regarding the referendum, we’re looking to hold further meetings between yourselves and the EIAT in the near future and I’ll be reaching out to arrange these. Should you have questions or concerns in the interim however, again, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Kind regards, | Project Officer Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 2 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47F
Document 87 - Re_ Proposed Referendum Update_ Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] - 17.5.23_Redacted.pdf (pdf)
Download file--- Page 1 --- From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Categories: Wednesday, 17 May 2023 3:47 PM EIAT Re: Proposed Referendum Update: Referral of Content from the AEC [SEC=OFFICIAL] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Australian Federal Government. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Thanks for your email and for the comprehensive update. It is all well noted and we will share it with the relevant teams. Google has launched an update to our political ads policy to add in referendum advertising and state and territory elections advertising (previously it just applied to federal election advertising). In this case, it will apply from the time that the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 bill passes the Parliament, however we are encouraging all advertisers to get verified now to avoid delays or disapprovals. We have also made a submission to the Inquiry into the administration of the referendum into an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice and our submission is available here. If you have any questions or would like a further briefing, please let us know. Kind regards, M m m Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager Google Australia Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn Read the latest Google and YouTube reports See what's trending in Australia today On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 2:42 PM EIAT <EIAT@aec.gov.au> wrote: Good afternoon Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Act 2023 which amended the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. The Referendum Act outlines the process for a federal referendum event and includes the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in the administration and operational delivery of a referendum. As outlined in the Referendum Act, the AEC is responsible for the administration of laws that deal with certain referendum communications, this includes some communications shared on social media platforms. The AEC is 1 Section 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47FSection 47F --- Page 2 --- providing you with the attached letter outlining the current legislative environment and circumstances where the AEC may contact you concerning referendum related content. Further legislative updates: In addition to the recently passed Amendment Act, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 Bill was also introduced to Parliament in late March. The bill has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee, due to report on 15 May 2023. Please note, the Bill has not yet passed Parliament, meaning the referendum is still proposed. Should the constitution alteration bill be passed, a referendum must be held no earlier than two months and no later than six months following the passing. While a date hasn’t been announced, the Government have stated their intent to hold the referendum sometime between September and December 2023. The exact timing is a matter for Government and the AEC is not provided with advanced notice. The date will be formalised by the issuing of a writ by the Governor‐General, which is the formal instruction to the AEC to conduct a poll. AEC Information campaign launched: In April, the AEC launched our referendum information campaign. This initial stage of the campaign is centred around ‘early‐education’ providing information to educate voters on federal referendums. Please see our media release available here. As we move through the referendum timeline in the coming months, our campaigns will continue to gradually change focuses, including topics such as enrolment and voter services (how/where voters can cast their vote). Throughout the campaign, the AEC will be engaging in digital advertising and media outreach, as well as working with community groups and other stakeholders, to educate voters on referendums. The AEC will be directing voters towards our dedicated referendum sub‐site at https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/ for further information. We will look to keep you updated with key milestones as our communication campaign progresses. Referendum resources: As part of the campaign, we have also launched a number of referendum resources, including our Referendum disinformation register, which will list prominent pieces of disinformation relating to the referendum process, the correct information, and any action taken by the AEC. Importantly, the disinformation register focuses solely on mis and disinformation about the referendum process. The AEC does not have a role in fact‐checking claims about the 'Yes' or 'No' campaigns for the referendum, though we are responsible for distribution of a ‘yes/no’ pamphlet to each household where there is an enrolled voter. Content for the booklet is provided by parliamentarians representing each side, and published verbatim by the AEC. The AEC has also made available a number of Electoral backgrounders. These backgrounders communicate referendum and electoral law, particularly in relation to referendum and electoral offences, in relatively plain English for the information and guidance of interested persons. These backgrounders are not intended to substitute a careful reading of the legislation. Rather, they are published for general information only and should not be relied upon for any particular purpose. I would encourage you all to familiarise yourself with the information on our referendum sub‐site, and of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at EIAT@aec.gov.au. We will soon be in contact to discuss suitable times for a meeting with the Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce. Kind regards, | Director 2 Section 47F --- Page 3 --- Defending Democracy Unit | Electoral Integrity and Communications Branch Australian Electoral Commission 3 Section 47F