1 December 2022
45 Pipitea St
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140
Mark Wong
Phone +64 4 495 7200
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ail: [FYI request #21009 email]
Fax +64 4 495 7222
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Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 10 November 2022 (ref 22/23 0368)
Thank you for your OIA request dated 10 November 2022 to the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department). You asked the following –
“Has the government, any division of the government, any member of the government,
or any organisation acting on behalf of the government, ever had partner access to
Facebook’s takedown portal”
Response to your request
Yes, the Department of Internal Affairs has access to Facebook’s takedown portal. Please
note, we cannot advise if any other government agency has access to the takedown portal.
Access to the Ombudsman
If you are dissatisfied with the Department’s decision on your request for information, you
have the right, under section 28 of the OIA, to make a complaint to the Office of the
Ombudsman. The Office of the Ombudsman can be contacted by phone on 0800 802 602,
via post at PO Box 10152 Wellington or via email to
[email address].
Ngā mihi
Jared Mullen
Director Digital Safety