Interesting, but we already knew it

[poddster]

I wonder if the rusted on Labs from Parliament House post here as well under various guises

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/investigation-into-fake-parliament-emails-20130211-2e7y...

[catsnknots]

I posted about something similar last week... word was that Gillards office is actually doing this using people paid by the taxpayer... they are instructed to make accounts and go into groups and forums to "spy" on what the "other side" is doing and saying. 

[izabsmiling]

word was that Gillards office is actually doing this using people paid by the taxpayer... they are instructed to make accounts and go into groups and forums to "spy" on what the "other side" is doing and saying. 

where did that word come from Cats Back ?

Isn't keeping a watch on social media a different thing

to s fake emails supposedly from Parliament house?

After reading around I can understand why our Pollies need to watch social media....there are some real crazy ,agro people around advocating all sorts of violence including killing our PM .It is our duty to keep our PM's as safe as possible

[poddster]

.................It is our duty to keep our PM's as safe as possible

Count me out on that aspect.

My taxes are already being used to fund an army of minders for that duty.

[izabsmiling]

anuary 28, 2013 

http://socialmediamonsterau.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/when-facebook-becomes-un-friendly-julia-gillard-targeted-in-auspol-hate-pages/

When Facebook becomes Un-Friendly: Julia Gillard targeted in #AusPol Hate Pages

After some Twitter chitter-chatter this afternoon with @bluntshovels about my blog  ‘The emergence of Social Propaganda in Australian Politics‘ I started looking at some of the social p...

So after having a hunt through a few anti-Gillard Facebook pages; this is what I come across:

I’m not easily outraged, but the ‘Julia Gillard Must Resign Immediately‘ Facebook Page has some serious issues if they think this is a...

The worst Tony Abbott picture assaulted by Photoshop that I have found today is:

 see link

Ouch…?

It hardly compares.

Political satire is witty, it’s funny and it’s clever. This doesn’t qualify as political satire: not even remotely.

Political social propaganda in Australia needs to get out of the gutter and get into the game. Instead of robust debate we have spam-bots regurgitating every negative Labor news headline of the past 18 months on the #AusPol feed at a rate of knots. Instead of robust debate we have pre-election campaign shots being fired over imaginary ship bows. Instead of robust debate we have this:

And one proclaiming that like Adolf Hitler, Julia Gillard will “Make the lie big,  make the lie simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it.” I refuse to reproduce that image. If you are so inclined you can view it here.

So, dear social political propaganda Photoshop artists, #auspol spammers and Facebook warriors: I ch...

Stop treating Australia’s active and vibrant social media community – also know as “Voters” – like i...

If Photoshop is the best weapon you’ve got against Julia Gillard – best make yourself comfortable in...

Some of the players in the Australian Political Facebook landscape are:

If Mr. Bean was Julia Gillard he would look like this: 71,371 LikesJulia Gillard – Worst PM in Australian History: 34,477 LikesElection Now: 4,337 Likes

Others include:

G.R.O.G Party (Get Rid of Gillard)Julia Gillards freak show (McTernan I’m hating it)Julia Gillard Must Resign Immediately

[laughing-boy]

Isn't keeping a watch on social media a different thing

to s fake emails supposedly from Parliament house?

Please tell me what death threats from loonies has to do with dirty tricks emails?  Can't we just stay on topic for once? 

[poddster]

LB confusion reigns supreme 🙂

Rar for the course

[poddster]

Umm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Par for the course

[lakeland27]

could you post the content's of the link in the OP somebody ? i cant open it for some reason.

[poddster]

Investigation into fake parliament emails

An investigation has been launched into the use of the parliamentary computer  network to post pro-Labor political messages using fake names on the  internet.

The investigation by the Department of Parliamentary Services was sparked by  a story in the Colac Herald newspaper last week.

The newspaper reported a computer user in Parliament House had pretended to  be at least nine different people while making pro-Labor comments online.

The user posed as an employee of Bulla Dairy Foods, Colac Area Health and  Barwon Health among other organisations.

Advertisement

Liberal senator Michael Ronaldson raised the issue during a Senate estimates  hearing in Canberra on Monday.

The department's chief information officer Eija Seittenranta says an  investigation was under way and it should be possible to track down the specific  computer used within a week, given that the newspaper had provided the  department with an internet protocol address.

But it could take more time to identify who used the computer.