Is there an advice resource for people whose social media contributions have been picked up and used against them?

Good luck Pan. This is among the reasons why I have absolutely no social media in my name and talk very little about my life or my work.

It's like the bloody Stasi!

Good Lord, it’s terrifying. I’m sorry MrPan. Long time lurker on these issues but outspoken in my rl, stopped lurking to tell you how disgusting it is that someone would hunt and harry people for saying basic facts. We live in a terrible world.

PS I got very supportive messages.

Good luck Pan.

I was doxxed re Man Friday and Facebook. However they don't know where I work. I changed my name on Facebook too - a variant of my name and let all my friends know that I was doxxed.

Apologies REO.

I’ve just been reading the two threads on Jess Bradley on AIBU and FWR. The difference in the language allowed on each board is striking.

Good luck Pan - I’m fairly careful about what I say anywhere on SM but in a world where noting scientific fact is seen as threatening all bets are off...

good luck.

no more pans.

MrPan I had experience of this a while ago. I had very good union support, and amazing support via friends who were also able to send through to me lots of ideas from some other groupings of people who also had this experience. Comments here were very helpful too (I namechange frequently as I was told I should not talk of the issue in my own name on social media).

Can't say too much as a lot of it happened through anonymous back-channels. Awful that in 2018 I had to be advised via "secret" groups.

But my union was my first port of call, and the union case adviser was fantastic. As was the Employee Assistance programme - the adviser I spoke to knew about 'doxxing' - I was doxxed as have you been.

Happy to respond to PMs although I'm obviously wary of giving too much away even by PM.

Twas just an example of a GC thing that would likely ruffle employer feathers. The op isn't giving much to go on but we're assuming the expression of GC views. It alright Bowl, you don't need to gatekeeper me, namechanged due to doxxing worries.

As a working biologist, working in a company that requires accurate data for patient safety, and being devoted to said patient safety as part of my professional being, I’d be fairly put out if my employer insisted that humans can change sex.

Do you believe humans can change sex REOlay?

REOLay There's nothing to indicate your suggestion is relevent to OP.

Interesting example chosen though.

It's a tricky area. With gender reassignment a protected characteristic employers may be very chary of being associated with people who declare, for example, that they will never call a trans woman she.

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This was the legal advice for the members of #MAnFriday whose personal private details and data were breached and published on social media ( 'doxxed' )
it was posted by SwearyG on the thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3292541-Heads-up-to-all-ManFriday-members

1. Being a member of a feminist activist group is not grounds for an employer to start any disciplinary proceedings

1. Having gender critical/feminist beliefs is protected by the Equality Act. Employers may not discriminate against people with these beliefs

1. ManFriday activism is intended to highlight institutional failures to invoke sex exemptions as set out in the Equality Act. If an employee is treated badly at work due to this then their employer is victimising them.

1. Any trouble contact their union for support

1. If not in union then post in Mumsnet and we can find legal advice and support

More from our legal bod:

Advice

1. Contact your employer first thing and tell them you have been doxxed.

1. Explain that MF is a group set up to protest regarding institutional failures to invoke sex exemptions set out in the Equality Act. Your concerns are primarily about safeguarding.

1. You are concerned that your employer may be targeted by people who oppose the implementation of sex exemptions and who disagree about safeguarding

1. You are happy to assist the company in responding to any allegations thrown at it but suggest that the company’s reply should be that it respects the rights of its employees to express their feminist beliefs whilst it may not hold those beliefs itself.

1. As before: any problems with employer then please get in touch

1. If feeling bold: ask your employer to endorse the application of sex exemptions in the event that they are implemented as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

This link has details of cases about social media employment cases, not sure if they'll be similar to your situation but worth reading through.

There was a post made by I think @SwearyG around the time there was a data breach on their members list & she posted advice on how to respond to employers if anyone is challenged on their views etc. I've tried to find the post but think it might have been deleted or the thread pulled.

It was something along the lines of having feminist beliefs/a belief that biology matters could be protected under the EA2010 as religion & beliefs are protected characteristics as well. Maybe Sweary could come & repost that, assuming I've remembered the right person.

MrPan it may be worthwhile having a look on the Fairplay for Women site or even contacting them:
fairplayforwomen.com

If you were anonymous on Twitter it may be a breach of GDPR/DPA.

MrPan There may be something useful in this thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3204901-ffs-flagged-at-work-for-gender-critical-views

It was mentioned in James Kirkup's Spectator article March 2018:
'Fear and loathing grips the gender debate'

(extract)
"Real-world encounters can be nastier still: Judith Green wrote here about organising Woman’s Place UK meetings for “gender critical” women. The video here, meanwhile, shows what happened to a female trade unionist who had attended one of those meetings; it seems she was identified as attending and then targeted for mob abuse when she stood on a picket line some days later. That aggression wasn’t unique; one accusation of assault is before the courts, arising from an incident following protests against a meeting where feminists gathered to debate gender laws.

Other stories in this area involve women who speak out using their own names getting abusive messages at home and at work. In both the public and private sectors, being accused of transphobic bigotry is no small matter, and even many people who know they are doing nothing more than asking questions about an issue of public interest feel reluctant to risk being tarnished with such accusations, no matter how baseless they may be. (For real-world examples of this, see Mumsnet: this thread is just the latest to pop up while I was writing this. There are too many others.)" continues

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/03/fear-and-loathing-grips-the-gender-debate/

There was an online doct about advice on this I think I saw on twitter. Does anyone remember this and have the link?