While women’s groups on the platform support and warn others, men’s groups feature mostly derogatory comments
‘If you wouldn’t say it to their face, don’t say it online,’ cyber safety expert Susan McLean says in response to the use of derogatory comments in private men’s Facebook groups.‘If you wouldn’t say it to their face, don’t say it online,’ cyber safety expert Susan McLean says in response to the use of derogatory comments in private men’s Facebook groups.. Those sites, hundreds of which have sprung up around the world and in many parts of Australia, also “out” men for violence and abuse.
While the women’s sites ask if people have any “tea” or gossip about a man they are considering dating, the men’s sites ask things like “how many of us are smashing this one?”. Women are “push bikes”, “root and boots”, and “have been passed around”. “They do descend into a cesspit of nasty comments and misogynistic comments and all of that,” McLean said.
The spokesperson did not respond to a specific question about whether it can proactively do anything about private groups, but said peopleWilshire said there is an ongoing argument about how big a group could be before it’s considered a publication.
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