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One Nation MP Cory Bernardi suspended from Facebook after legal threats

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Source : Perth Now news

One Nation MP Cory Bernardi has reportedly been suspended from Facebook after videos during the student protest against Pauline Hanson outside SA parliament were flagged by parents.

Mr Bernardi took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday afternoon, claiming he had faced “legal threats from parents of kids at the anti-Hanson protest, demanding we delete our viral video of what happened in broad daylight on the steps of Parliament House”.

One Nation MP Cory Bernardi has been suspended on Facebook. Instagram / @cory__bernardi Credit: Supplied Source Unknown
The One Nation MP filmed himself on the steps of Parliament House in South Australia during the student protest against Pauline Hanson. Picture: NewsWire/ Emma Brasier
The One Nation MP filmed himself on the steps of Parliament House in South Australia during the student protest against Pauline Hanson. NewsWire/ Emma Brasier Credit: News Corp Australia

Social media videos uploaded by Mr Bernardi were taken on the steps outside Parliament House during the student protest against Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party on August 13.

Footage showed Mr Bernardi filming himself on the steps of parliament at the protest, roaming through the crowd and approaching students.

During the video, he asked one student “why aren’t you chanting?” while holding a camera in her face.

Footage also showed Mr Bernardi calling the protesters “an extraordinarily small bunch of losers” and “incels”, as well as anti-transgender remarks.

The clips were uploaded onto Instagram and Facebook, which are both owned by Meta, and appear to have been removed.

The One Nation MP said he faced legal threats from parents. Picture: NewsWire/ Emma Brasier
The One Nation MP said he faced legal threats from parents. NewsWire/ Emma Brasier Credit: News Corp Australia

Mr Bernardi said he has since been facing legal threats from the parents of children in the clips.

“These students performed for the cameras, used vile language and made threats, knowing they were being filmed,” he said in a social media post.

He said One Nation had appealed the Facebook ban.

NewsWire has contacted Meta for comment.