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> I really don't recall Leslie Jones receiving as much backlash as certain outlets purported. > Today in awful news, Leslie Jones’s personal website has been t
by bjourne 6y ago
> I really don't recall Leslie Jones receiving as much backlash as certain outlets purported.
> Today in awful news, Leslie Jones’s personal website has been taken down after being targeted by a vicious hack. Hackers infiltrated the site with what appeared to be naked photos of the comedian, as well as images of her passport and driver’s license, private photos of her with various celebrities, and a photo of dead gorilla (and meme that refuses to die) Harambe. ... Last month, the comedian’s Twitter account was inundated with racist and sexist hate speech associated with her role in Paul Feig’s inexplicably controversial all-female Ghostbusters reboot, and Twitter pledged to reform their harassment policies in response.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/a-timeline-of-leslie-joness-horrific-online-abuse.html https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/a-timeline-of-leslie-joness-h...
You can find screenshots of the trolls' tweets here: https://splinternews.com/how-a-racist-sexist-hate-mob-forced-leslie-jones-off-t-1793860398 https://splinternews.com/how-a-racist-sexist-hate-mob-forced...
"Ok I have been called Apes, sent pics of their asses, even got a pic with semen on my face. I'm trying to figure out what human means. I'm out"
https://www.popbuzz.com/life/news/leslie-jones-racist-tweets/ https://www.popbuzz.com/life/news/leslie-jones-racist-tweets...