These are also Facebook Groups. Why is their protection any different than AAWA?
Ex Jehovah's Witness Recovery Group 3
The End is Nigh...Again
Im Perfect, You're Doomed
Stopping the Madness-Tales from Jehovah's Witness Upbringing
THis Genereation Will Not Pass Away 100 Year Anniversary
Ex-Jehovah's Witness- No Paradise For Us
Ex JW's South Africa Care
Music Against the Watchtower
You Know You Were A Jehovah's Witness When...
Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Anonymous
Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Love Being EX!!! Freedom!!!
Apostate Ninja
Ex Jehovah's Witness Chat Lounge
Apostate & Es-Jehovalarious Meme COllection
Support for Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
Gay and Lesbian Ex Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses & Biblical Discussion Group
Christian Witnesses Fellowship(Ex Jehovah's Witnesses & Friends)
The Vast Apostate Army
Peacefully Advocating Change!Exposing Watchtower
Jehovah's Witnesses-Former Bethelites
Apostate Blood Sausage Connoisseurs
Lovers of Freedom Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Recovery
Letters from Real Jehovah's Witnesses
Freethinkers of the World
US Southern Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
A Call to Action: Bring down the Watchtower
Ex Jehovah's Witnesses: Happy to be Free
Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Exploring our Spirituality
You already know the answer. It's been discussed ad nauseam. Those groups didn't force-add 1,000 people and then retain them as "members", thus outing some of them/potentially outing more (or if they have, nobody's mentioned it).
The members of those other groups chose to be there. They chose to share their names and info with those groups and other members, they chose to be associated with those causes.
Another friend of mine just came back online today after a long family vacation - turns out she also was added to AAWA weeks ago and knew nothing about it, because she's been AFK.
As long as AAWA retains the people they force-added, not only does it make them disingenuous, rude jerks trying to pad/astroturf their numbers...but their protection/security is simply not up to par. It doesn't matter if the group is 'secret'; some of those people continue to be at risk - at the very least, their names are available to other group members, including apologists and moles. Telling people that if they are online and if they realize they were added and if an opt-out post even appears in their news feed, and if they then even notice that opt-out post, that then they can decide to leave...is nowhere near enough.