Thousands of men in private Facebook groups that are ‘cesspits’ of racism and misogyny

‘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. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Thousands of Australian men are in private Facebook groups that are “cesspits” of racism, misogyny, doxing, slut-shaming and fat-shaming.

Some of them appear to be set up in response to women’s groups that are dedicated to exposing cheaters. Those sites, hundreds of which have sprung up around the world and in many parts of Australia, also “out” men for violence and abuse.