(TW) Telegram ‘SA chat groups’ with up to 70,000 members uncovered
🔴 Thousands of men are participating in chat groups in which they share suggestions on how to rape and sexually assault women, a German investigation has revealed.
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- The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 19, 2024
- German journalists have discovered chat groups on Telegram (messaging app) that share tips on sedating and sexually assaulting women.
- The groups have up to 70k members from various countries that claim to [Spoiler (click to open)]assault women (wives, partners, sisters, mothers) in their households, with some users even sharing pictures and live videos of assaults.
- Users also exchange tips on sedating partners and shared links to buy sedatives disguised as hair products.
- Just this week in France, the husband of Gisele Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sedating and offering his wife to over 50 men.
- Telegram claim they have a zero-tolerance policy and block users violating guidelines but the app has long been a hub for criminal activities due to refusal to share data with authorities. Founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France this summer for failing to address illicit content distribution.
sources: @telegraph, paraphrased by me