Australian agency moderation of online social channels

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1		See Notes for definitions of terms
2	Agency	Pre-registration required	Anonymous comments allowed (no contact info)	Moderation approach	Anti-spam filter	Notes
3	Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence	No	No	First post	Yes	Holds first post for moderation, uses spam-filter for spam management
4	Attorney General's Department	No	No	Pre	Unknown
5	Australian Bureau of Statistics	No	No	Pre/Post	Yes	Uses different moderation approaches on different platforms, uses spam-filter for spam management
6	Australian Law Reform Commission	No	No	Pre	Yes	For consultations
7	Australian Tax Office	Yes	No	Post	Unknown	Restricted access forum
8	Australian War Memorial	No	No	Pre	Yes
9	Bureau of Meteorology	No	No	Post	Unknown	Uses Facebook as a commenting system in their blog
10	Comcare	No	No	Pre	Unknown
11	Commonwealth Parliamentary Library	No	No	Pre	Unknown
12	Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy	Sometimes	Sometimes	Pre/Post	Yes	Uses pre-moderation for sensitive consultation topics, post moderation for blogs and other consultations. Pseudonymous comments (e.g. fake name and email) allowed on some consultations, real name required for others.
13	Department of Finance and Deregulation	No	No	Post	Yes	Standard policy, uses spam-filter for spam management. Pseudonymous comments allowed (e.g., fake name and email address).
14	Department of Health and Ageing	No	No	Pre/Post	Yes	Standard policy post-moderation, one site using pre-moderation (LiveLonger), , uses spam-filter for spam management
15	Department of Human Services	No	No	Pre/Post	Yes	Pre-moderation in unregistered environment, post-moderation in pre-registered environments
16	Department of Immigration & Citizenship	No	No	Pre	Unknown
17	Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport	Yes	No	Post	Yes	Considers pre-moderation where appropriate (system supports both approaches)
18	Department of Veterans' Affairs	No	No	Post	No
19	FaHCSIA	No	No	Post	Unknown	Uses an external moderation service to monitor and delete inappropriate comments on their Facebook page
20	Murray-Darling Basin Authority	No	No	Post	Yes	Uses spam-filter for spam management. Pseudonymous comments allowed (e.g., fake name and email address).
21	National Library	No	No	Pre	Unknown
22	National Portrait Gallery	No	No	Post	Unknown
23	Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	No	No	First post	Yes	Holds first post for moderation, uses spam-filter for spam management. Pseudonymous comments allowed (e.g., fake name and email address).
24	Prime Minister and Cabinet	No	No	Pre	Unknown
25	QLD - Brisbane Council	No	No	Pre/Post	Unknown	Mostly post-moderation
26	QLD Government (Get Involved)	No	No	Pre/Post	Unknown	Supports both - agencies choose based on specific consultation goals and sensitivities
27	QLD Police	No	No	Pre/Post	Unknown	Pre-moderation on blogs due to legal sensitivities - monitor Facebook carefully
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