AUTHORITIES are being urged to crack down on an online market place after a Tasmanian advert was used to bully and harass a woman.
Anti-bullying groups say the post, which listed a woman for sale for $5, breached Commonwealth laws that ban the use of a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.
Tasmania's anti-discrimination commissioner, Robin Banks, also was concerned the advert was defamatory and a form of sexual harassment.
It was posted on the Gumtree website on Wednesday under home and garden items for sale in Hobart, headed "Sydney Model $5.00 Negotiable" and showing a picture of a young woman wearing a black shirt lying on a yellow airbed.
It read: "For Sale: Psychotic woman, 23, looks pretty ... nasty as paint stripper behind your back, loves to bitch about her friends, AMAZING at tearing families apart, nothing but 100% lies come out her mouth. 5c ONO need gone ASAP. "
It was viewed by at least 260 people.
National Centre Against Bullying chairman Michael Carr-Gregg said it was "the second strike" for Gumtree, after the website sparked national outrage six months ago with a Tasmanian advert that banned Indians or Asians from applying for a cleaning job.
"The latest ad is an outrage," Dr Carr-Gregg said. "I would be calling on the authorities to make an example of this."
Gumtree spokesperson Nat Thomas said the post was removed from the website after complaints from other users.
Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Banks called for regulation changes to make it easier for authorities to deal with companies like Gumtree.
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