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A federal departmental boss has warned female public servants are experiencing more “more egregious forms of abuse” on social media following complaints from bureaucrats about what they claim is selective clipping of evidence being published online.
Last month, the Secretaries Board, which includes heads of departments, asked the federal government to introduce rules restricting testimony from being uploaded to platforms including X and Instagram.
I would note that secretaries have observed that it is often female public servants and those from First Nation … backgrounds who experience the more egregious forms of abuse on social media.
Continue reading...<small>Source: The Guardian — read the original story there.</small>
