Anger in Italy in non -consensual photos of women shared online

Facebook has deleted an Italian group that has seen men share intimate images of women often without distrust with thousands of people online.

The Mia Moglie group, which translates into my wife in English, had around 32,000 members before its closure this week.

His discovery caused indignation among the Italians who are concerned about similar groups that develop in his absence.

Meta, who owns Facebook, said that he had closed the page “to have violated our sexual exploitation policies for adults ”.

The screenshots taken before the deletion of the Facebook group seem to show photos of women in various undressing states, sometimes asleep or for intimate moments.

Under the messages, there were many sexually explicit comments of men. Some said they wanted to “violate” the woman while others praised the secret nature of certain photographs.

The page was underlined by author Carolina Capria who posted online saying that she felt “nauseous” and “frightened” by what she saw.

“This connection of violence to sexuality is so anchored in our culture that in a public group, men write without hiding their names and their faces,” she added.

Fiorella Zabatta of the European Greens Party declared on social networks that it was not only a harmless pleasure “, but was” virtual rape “.

“These platforms must be fought, this toxic idea for masculinity must be carried out, and we must all act: civil society and politics too”.

Revenge Porn, the sharing of sexually explicit images or videos that were to remain deprived, was made illegal in Italy in 2019.

Italian media reports suggest that more than a thousand people have already reported the group to the police unit which is investigating cybercrime.

Meta’s statement has added “We do not allow content that threatens or promotes sexual violence, sexual assault or sexual exploitation on our platforms”.

The discovery of the Italian Facebook page has experienced parallels to parallels with the Pelicot case of France. Last year, Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in drugs for drugs, abusing and inviting foreigners to rape his wife then Gisèle Pelicot.

Although it was virtual, Capria said that this showed that the Pelicot case was not an anomaly as in both cases, he showed “a man who believes he can control his wife and for whom sexuality is inextricably linked to oppression”.