Facebook says it will not shut down a controversial group containing threats of rape and violence against women, as it emerges a woman who started a petition to have it removed has received an online death threat.

Key points: Facebook has moved overnight to remove offensive content on the "Blokes Advice" page

Facebook has moved overnight to remove offensive content on the "Blokes Advice" page Founder of petition calling for page to be deleted says she has received threats of violence

Founder of petition calling for page to be deleted says she has received threats of violence Group admin says he tries to remove "rude" comments, and site has raised money for charity

The multinational social media giant said it had overnight removed controversial posts on the "Blokes Advice" page that violated its community standards, but it would allow the page to stand as most members were not involved in the offensive content.

The Blokes Advice group, an invite-only group which has amassed 202,000 followers since it started in Brisbane in May, has been under fire after posts emerged saying women needed to be taught a "lesson", "gang banged" and punched in the face after oral sex.

The group said violent comments were a minority and were taken down, and they also defended their right to free speech in what they considered a closed, safe group.

Members of the secret group also reportedly posted photos and statuses about raping women, giving out contact details of women and urging other members to send these women abusive messages.

A spokeswoman for Facebook, who declined to be named, said the posts that violated community standards had been removed, but the majority of the posts within the group were not in contention.

"People who are authorised to review content have reviewed content in the group and removed posts that violate our policies," the spokeswoman said.

"If the majority of the group becomes a group that posts stuff that violates our policies then the group will be removed."

The spokeswoman said Facebook relied on users to report activity that violated the conditions due to the sheer number of users on the platform.

"We have the community standards, we make people aware of them and we have report[ing] links throughout the site," she said.

"We invite anyone who sees something that they think violates our community standards to report it to us.

"While on one hand a community of 1.7 billion is a large one, that's also a large number of eyes to help us enforce the community standards."

This post poked fun at an ex-partner who was said to have been "gang raped". ( Supplied: The Red Heart Campaign )

Domestic violence group founder receives death threat

Meanwhile, a domestic violence support group founder says she has received threats after setting up a petition to shut down the Blokes Advice page.

More than 11,000 people have signed The Red Heart Campaign petition to shut down the page.

Red Heart Campaign founder Sherele Moody said within minutes of launching her petition on Monday, threats started arriving in the group's Facebook inbox and on their main Facebook page.

"Blokes Advice members have vented their disgust and rage," Ms Moody said.

She said one death threat was also sent to the Red Heart campaign inbox, which Ms Moody and another person received.

None of the complaints have been taken to the police, however Ms Moody said she had taken a screenshot in case it is needed.

She said they intended to send the petition to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg next week.

Ms Moody said she was disappointed Facebook was opting to remove problem posts and not shut down the whole page.

"The problem is they might take down the posts that violate Facebook standards, but what's to stop people doing the same thing over again?" she said.

"What's to prevent people inciting this kind of hate towards violence and women.

"We wouldn't stand by and let that happen at a pub or a football game.

"The sad thing is these blokes have no idea of the damage they are doing, particularly when they bombard The Red Heart Campaign Facebook page members with vile and cruel threats.

"Haven't domestic violence survivors endured enough?"

The Red Heart Campaign received this message in its inbox after the petition was launched. ( Supplied: The Red Heart Campaign )

'Offensive posts removed' Blokes Advice says

One of the Blokes Advice administrators, Brock Donhardt, also known as Brock Paulke, said people who posted vulgar and offensive comments within the group did not represent the majority.

Some controversial posts to the page have included:

"What would you do if you saw a female in public wearing the Blokes Advice shirt? Surely a few back hands will teach em a lesson," one man wrote. "Let a couple of my brothers and mates gangbang her haha. She cried. I won", another post read. "If it weren't for their vaginas, a*******, mouths and cooking and cleaning skills that they are born with then there would be no need to the woman kind."

"There always will be a minority in any group that ruin it for the people who are here with good intentions," Mr Paulke said.

"Of course, we try to monitor everything we can, rude comments are taken down almost immediately when they are seen, with the people that post them blocked and removed.

"It's just a shame that the [offensive] screenshots are taken as soon as someone posts something, and a story is made all about that."

Mr Paulke said the site was originally set up as a support group and humour site for men, and has so far raised $26,000 for charity.

One of the offensive posts on Blokes Advice. ( Supplied: The Red Heart Campaign )

'They tried en masse to terrorise me'

One Red Heart Campaign member said her business Facebook page was bombarded with harassing and "vengeful" comments after one of her posts on a public feminist website was reposted by someone on Blokes Advice.

She said their strategy was to attack in a group and create and delete accounts so there is no trace or repercussions.

"I had my comments on a public feminist page screenshot taken out of context and then posted to the Blokes Advice wall by one angry man who didn't like that I showed up his flawed logic," she said.

"From there he encouraged men to ridicule me.

"They tried en masse to terrorise me and failed, but Blokes Advice knows this tactic."

Ms Moody was banned by Facebook from posting to her own site and The Red Heart Campaign site twice in the last week.

One of the bans was for 24 hours, the other three days.

Facebook told her it was because she shared photos of the Blokes Advice activities and also the death threat she had received.

"We share these stories of domestic violence survival and is a vital online support service for women fleeing family abuse," she said.

"We exist to share stories of domestic violence survival and it cannot do that if Facebook continues to ban me for trying to protect women and their children from violent thugs."