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Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says

Josh Burns
Josh Burns in 2021. The MP says the leaking of contact information from a private WhatsApp group of Jewish creatives had resulted in death threats being received. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The publishing of a Jewish creatives WhatsApp group chat and the contact details of alleged participants has led to death threats and forced one family into hiding, Labor MP Josh Burns has said.

Writer and commentator Clementine Ford on Thursday published a link on her Facebook page to the log of a group chat of over 600 Jewish writers and artists. The Age, which first reported the story, alleged the link also contained a spreadsheet of links to social media accounts and another file that contained the photos of over 100 Jewish people.

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