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08-10-2016, 11:43 AM
Facebook shuts down '***ist' group 'Bloke's Advice' after violence against women claims
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A controversial Facebook community group 'Bloke's Advice' has been shut down following mounting pressure (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/facebook-will-**t-remove-blokes-advice-page-over-threats/7668174) from the Australian community.*
The 200,000-strong group's members were invited to share stories, anecdotes and jovial conversation — the sticking point being that some stories and anecdotes were seen to incite violence toward women, made light of domestic abuse and encouraged assault.
SEE ALSO: **ted feminist Barack Obama challenges men to fight ***ism (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/president-obama-feminist/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The invite-only group page garnered national attention (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/facebook-will-**t-remove-blokes-advice-page-over-threats/7668174) after an organisation called The Red Heart Campaign (https://www.facebook.com/TheREDHEARTCampaign/) started a petition via change.org (https://www.change.org/p/facebook-it-s-time-to-shut-blokes-advice-down)for its removal. Campaign spokesperson Sherele Moody told Mashable Australia that their Facebook page received an intense level of vitriol and abuse after the petition launched.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/facebook-shuts-down-blokes-advice-after-petition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A controversial Facebook community group 'Bloke's Advice' has been shut down following mounting pressure (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/facebook-will-**t-remove-blokes-advice-page-over-threats/7668174) from the Australian community.*
The 200,000-strong group's members were invited to share stories, anecdotes and jovial conversation — the sticking point being that some stories and anecdotes were seen to incite violence toward women, made light of domestic abuse and encouraged assault.
SEE ALSO: **ted feminist Barack Obama challenges men to fight ***ism (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/president-obama-feminist/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The invite-only group page garnered national attention (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/facebook-will-**t-remove-blokes-advice-page-over-threats/7668174) after an organisation called The Red Heart Campaign (https://www.facebook.com/TheREDHEARTCampaign/) started a petition via change.org (https://www.change.org/p/facebook-it-s-time-to-shut-blokes-advice-down)for its removal. Campaign spokesperson Sherele Moody told Mashable Australia that their Facebook page received an intense level of vitriol and abuse after the petition launched.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/facebook-shuts-down-blokes-advice-after-petition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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