Victorian cults inquiry accidentally shares email address of anonymous survivors with group members

A Victorian parliamentary committee investigating cults and organised fringe groups accidentally exposed the identities of anonymous survivors this week. According to The Guardian, the committee emailed hundreds of recipients on Wednesday to announce its final report had been tabled in parliament, but left survivors' email addresses visible to current group members and journalists. The committee has apologized for the error, which undermines the anonymity protections that likely encouraged survivors to come forward in the first place.

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