Scandalous / Facebook closes the group where thousands of Italians shared intimate photos of their wives or sisters

2025-08-23 15:37:18Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Scandalous / Facebook closes the group where thousands of Italians shared

Facebook has shut down an Italian group where men shared intimate images of often inconspicuous women with thousands of people online.

The Mia Moglie group, which translates as My Wife in Albanian, had about 32,000 members before it closed this week.

His discovery has sparked outrage among Italians who are concerned about the growth of similar groups in his absence.

Meta, which owns Facebook, said it shut down the site "for violating our Adult Sexual Exploitation policies."

The photos taken before the Facebook group was removed appeared to show pictures of women in various naked states, sometimes asleep or during intimate moments.

Under the posts there were numerous comments with sexual content from men. Some wrote that they wanted to "rape" the woman in the photo, while others appreciated the secret nature of some of the photos.

The site was noted by author Carolina Capria, who posted online saying she felt "disturbed" and "scared" by what she saw.

"This connection of violence with sexuality is so ingrained in our culture that in a public group, men write without hiding their names and faces," she added.

Fiorella Zabatta from the European Greens party said on social media that this was not "just harmless entertainment" but was "virtual rape".

"These platforms must be fought, this toxic idea of masculinity must be fought, and we all need to take action: civil society and politics as well," she said.

Revenge, sharing images or videos with sexually explicit content that were meant to remain private, became illegal in Italy in 2019.

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

Meta's statement 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 led some to draw parallels with the Pelicot case of France. Last year, Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking, abuse and inviting foreigners to rape his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot.

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


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