"Unfortunately, a few individuals demonstrated a complete lack of respect towards the families and friends of Trinity and Elliot and added inappropriate content to these pages," it said. In a letter emailed to at least two administrators of a Facebook page this week (one seen by Delimiter and one other), Facebook said it was aware that Australians had used the site to rally around the tragic events surrounding the deaths of Elliot Fletcher and Trinity Bates. He said it was obvious which material went too far, and rejected any criticism that it was draconian to address offensive online material. Shortly after, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he would investigate an idea being promoted by Sunrise and independent senator Nick Xenophon to setup an online ombudsman to deal with such complaints.
For example, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh wrote to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in late February, appealing for help in blocking offensive material from being posted on memorial sites for Queensland girl Trinity Bates. The company says more than 1 billion people have used AR effects. The company has recently come under increasing pressure from a number of parties in Australia to clean up its act. &0183 &32 Facebook first announced that Spark AR would be moving out of its closed beta on Instagram at its F8 conference earlier this year.