By Alesha Capone
AN INTERNET ‘gossip’ site previously shut down by authorities has resurfaced under a different name.
Last month, Star reported hundreds of Brimbank high school students were members of the anonymously-run Facebook ‘gossip’ pages, which cyber-bullied teenagers about their appearance, sexuality and relationships.
Last week, Star discovered the former Taylors Lakes Secondary College Goss site has resurfaced under a different moniker to avoid attention from authorities.
The page, renamed ‘Osamaah Binah Ladinah’, has more than 250 young members, many of whom have posted comments on the site.
Many are innocuous but one question posed on the site from a Year 7 male student asked, ‘Who’s the hottest year 7 at TLSC?’ with possible answers including several other male and female students.
The anonymous founder of the site also wrote they were getting death threats from other Facebook users of the site.
“I’m not even spreading anything. Look at the last time I posted goss like two days ago and it wasnt (sic) even that bad,” the site’s founder wrote.
“They’re just having fun getting all angry at me.”
Other ‘gossip’ sites still operating within Brimbank include Deer Park Goss which has more than 812 members and St Albans Goss, which has 98 members.
Last month, Star also reported the school’s logo was being used on a Facebook site called the Taylors Lakes Compliments page, which has since been deleted.
A Department of Education and Early Childhood Development spokeswoman said Facebook prohibited content “that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence”.
“Bullying, intimidating or harassing any users is also banned,” she said.
“The Department supports schools to report such content to Facebook and request its removal.”
