Overview
- Swimming Australia said quotes about LGBT and transgender athletes attributed to Kyle Chalmers were fabricated and requested their removal from Meta platforms.
- As of Thursday morning AEDT, the Chalmers posts appeared to be deleted, while earlier fake quotes targeting Mollie O’Callaghan remained online.
- Some posts invoked Lia Thomas and falsely suggested an Australian Olympic boycott, claims the Australian Sports Commission said it never supported.
- The governing body said Meta was first notified of the fake-news posts two weeks ago and indicated it would not make further comment.
- Accounts linked to Swim Hub and Swim Aquatics have repeatedly published similar fabricated statements about Australian swimmers.