Now this is f*cking disgusting
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anysia'Rape Club' chat room site closed down
And hullygee, it only took the authorities a YEAR to shut it down
AN internet chat group in which members boast of raping women and offer to share photographs of victims has been in operation for more than a year on one of Australia's most popular websites.
The discussion group called "Rape Club" was set up on the NineMSN website in February last year and, as of last night, had 67 members.
The site, which had been freely available for the public to access, featured various posts relating to the raping of women.
One post, sent by an unknown user on May 14, read: "Anyone want to see some real pics of a girl that I've raped, just let me know cause I got some good ones."
Another message, from a user named Chuck, asked: "Where are all the pics?"
The site appeared among a list of miscellaneous chat groups on the same web page as a site for the St Johns Ambulance Service and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The site's offensive content was accompanied by an official NineMSN welcome post that automatically greeted each new member.
"Welcome to Rape Club. Whether you are a manager, member or visitor here, we hope you enjoy this NineMSN group," the message said.
NineMSN managers removed the site last night.
"You may be able to tell by my silence right now that it is obviously not one that we are aware of," NineMSN corporate communications manager Kate Beddoe said.
The chat site was removed within an hour but Ms Beddoe admitted there were no safeguards in place to prevent such groups being formed.
NineMSN does not employ staff to monitor the content of its chat sites, instead relying on the public to alert it to offensive material.
Rape victims' support groups last night expressed outrage that the chat site was allowed to operate for more than a year.
"It makes my stomach turn just thinking of it," NSW Rape Crisis Centre manager Karen Willis said.
Police were last night making inquiries. Detective Superintendent Kim McKay, commander of the child protection and sex crimes squad, said officers would contact NineMSN to try to establish where the site was formed.
A spokeswoman for the Australian Federal Police said the High Tech Crime Centre could become involved.
And hullygee, it only took the authorities a YEAR to shut it down
AN internet chat group in which members boast of raping women and offer to share photographs of victims has been in operation for more than a year on one of Australia's most popular websites.
The discussion group called "Rape Club" was set up on the NineMSN website in February last year and, as of last night, had 67 members.
The site, which had been freely available for the public to access, featured various posts relating to the raping of women.
One post, sent by an unknown user on May 14, read: "Anyone want to see some real pics of a girl that I've raped, just let me know cause I got some good ones."
Another message, from a user named Chuck, asked: "Where are all the pics?"
The site appeared among a list of miscellaneous chat groups on the same web page as a site for the St Johns Ambulance Service and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The site's offensive content was accompanied by an official NineMSN welcome post that automatically greeted each new member.
"Welcome to Rape Club. Whether you are a manager, member or visitor here, we hope you enjoy this NineMSN group," the message said.
NineMSN managers removed the site last night.
"You may be able to tell by my silence right now that it is obviously not one that we are aware of," NineMSN corporate communications manager Kate Beddoe said.
The chat site was removed within an hour but Ms Beddoe admitted there were no safeguards in place to prevent such groups being formed.
NineMSN does not employ staff to monitor the content of its chat sites, instead relying on the public to alert it to offensive material.
Rape victims' support groups last night expressed outrage that the chat site was allowed to operate for more than a year.
"It makes my stomach turn just thinking of it," NSW Rape Crisis Centre manager Karen Willis said.
Police were last night making inquiries. Detective Superintendent Kim McKay, commander of the child protection and sex crimes squad, said officers would contact NineMSN to try to establish where the site was formed.
A spokeswoman for the Australian Federal Police said the High Tech Crime Centre could become involved.
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