AIBU to expect a forum like MN, that used to feel pro women, to do more about this?
There is a grand total of fuck all and zero that MN can do about this.
No-one forbids DM and similar to create topics on Mumsnet.
That's because they can't. I mean, they could make like Canute and wail into the wind, but it wouldn't achieve anything.
It's a public forum and there's a fair use exception in copyright law. They cannot stop the media doing this. It's wholly outside their control.
The Mail even started a This Week On Mumsnet feature once, and not only did they not pay MNHQ, they didn't even TELL them about it. Carrie was on holiday at the time. She came back to find MN had exploded and everyone was blaming the founders for selling them out to the Mail, when they'd not even known it was happening. That, they could stop, because of the intrusion into their copyright. The occasional story? No, they can't. It's a mistaken understanding of the laws of copyright to think that they can. As long as all that's being lifted are selected snippets to support their overall report on the story, then they're not breaking the law. I mean, think about it: if you review a TV show negatively, and quote from it to prove it's shite, can they sue you for those quotes? Nope, because that's Fair Use.
The reality is that the internet isn't private, and is indelible. If the Cambridge Analytica mess hasn't taught us that, I really don't know what will. Expecting MNHQ to operate as some sort of online mummy, shielding us from brutal online consequence, is unrealistic. They don't have the power to do that.