Tech Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TFGBV) ALERT!🚨

16 year old Johor schoolboy arrested for SELLING NUDE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT (NSE) DEEPFAKE images of his female classmates and school alumni.

BTW. NSE DEEPFAKE is the accurate term for such images, NOT “PORN”

IWD2025 is this weekend and here’s a timely reminder that the month long commemoration should NOT distract from CONTINUOUS, HORRIFIC MISOGYNY and MALE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

THIS is an excellent WARNING for Malaysian news media to cover issues ETHICALLY.

Just because a viral video exists of an incident it does NOT mean it’s ok for news media to use it to report a case, EVEN with faces pixelated.

www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nat...

READING BETWEEN THE HEADLINES

Women’s Unpaid Care Work is INVISIBLE yet IMPLIED in both headlines ⬇️

“Female civil servants in Negeri Sembilan can go home early during Ramadan month - MB”

“PM to discuss flexible hours for women civil servants”

DISSECTING THE HEADLINES:

Gender sensitised Vs Gender Stereotype - WHICH IS WHICH? 🧐

“Husband and mistress ordered to pay more than RM500,000 for ruining 45-year marriage”

vs

“Young mistress to pay wife RM200,000 for wrecking 50-year marriage”

FULL AUDIT required of ALL teachers/counsellors working for Ministry of Education.

There will be many more such cases exposed as public awareness ⬆️ & children learn about SAFE AND UNSAFE TOUCH

Also the accurate term is Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)

www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nat...

Police have launched a probe under Section 292 of the Penal Code, after a 20 year old woman reported her photos being edited to appear nude and uploaded for sale on Tumblr for RM18 each.

Section 292 punishment entails imprisonment for a maximum of 3 years OR an unspecified fine OR both

STRENGTHENING MALAYSIA’S MEDIA FOR CHANGE

Panel session at International Federation of Journalists, Centre for Law and Democracy and National Union of Journalists Peninsular Malaysia launch of Media Law Reform Blueprint

Key takeaways from my talking points ⬇️

Let ‘s dissect this headline with a gender lens:

• How many of these marriages were child marriages ie; marrying adult men to girls and enabling paedophilia?

• How many of these marriages were second/third/fourth marriages performed without the knowledge and consent of the first wife?

Addressing Obstetric Violence in Malaysia: Call for Reform and Compassionate Care

1/ This recent horrifying case highlights a growing issue in maternal healthcare: OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE.

Mainstream soc media is on Thanatos-like spiral in 2025~

• X is conflagration of misinformation despite Community Notes

• META cancels fact checking, updates hateful conduct policy to discriminate against women & LGBTQ, and doubles down on AI characters profiles

See ya more on @bsky.app folks!

2025 begins with rewarding #publicsexualharassment.

‘Stripe Shirt Bro’ is a Chinese internet personality known for his steely stares at female models.

Intrusive staring IS public sexual harassment ~ that’s not a “debate” 🤏

www.malaymail.com/amp/news/lif...

Good to kickstart this account I’ve had for a while ~ left X and will be shadow posting on Threads as well.

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