Meta Removes Video Satirizing Aboriginal Identity Claims After Nine Days; $49,000 Raised for Poster

Meta removed a video posted by Victorian woman Lisa Jane Spencer from Facebook and Instagram after nine days for breaching its hateful-conduct policy. The clip showed Spencer in a fur coat with white dot painting on her face, referring to herself as “Aunty Lisa” and declaring, “I am Aboriginal, end of story,” before sniffing a red jerry can.

” She compared the skit to the character Aunty Tiffany on ABC’s Black Comedy and to roles played by comedian Chris Lilley, adding that she did not intentionally pitch content to algorithms.

The video circulated widely during and after Reconciliation Week. ” He noted Spencer later posted two additional videos, one mocking a welcome to country. After the original video went viral, Spencer announced on Instagram that she had been “fired on the spot” from her job.

More than $49,000 was raised for her through the GiveSendGo platform. Hindmarsh-Keevil used the backlash to promote his pay-it-forward online mental-health course for Aboriginal people; more than 500 places were funded this month. A federal parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples received more than 420 submissions.

The Australian Human Rights Commission recommended the government impose a digital duty of care requiring platforms to identify and mitigate risks from recommender systems that amplify racist narratives. Townsville-based support group Helping Our Mob Everywhere, founded by Carl Lymburner and Irene Leard, described a rise in offensive content targeting First Nations organisations and elders.

” Sam Bennell, a 27-year-old Noongar man who gained nearly 10,000 followers sharing culture and language, said his posts began attracting racist comments and that the platform appeared to push his content toward hostile audiences, affecting his mental health.