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08-25-2016, 02:02 AM
Paul Feig and others call out hateful trolls who hacked Leslie Jones
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When ******s leaked (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/leslie-jones-hacked-nude-photos-leaked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) the contents of Leslie Jones (http:/mashable.com/category/leslie-jones?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) iCloud, including nude photos and scans of her passport and driver's license, their motives were clear.
The hack is more than just the gross violation of privacy that all people, especially women, have come to fear in the digital age. Jones has been repeatedly targeted for online harassment because she is a woman of color — racist, ***ist trolls hiding behind their screens see her success as a threat.*
SEE ALSO: Why did Twitter take so long to finally ban one of its biggest trolls? (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/twitter-harassment-**t-e**ugh/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
This summer's female reboot Ghostbusters was a particularly sore spot for ***ist trolls, who did their best to make Jones' life hell all summer.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/leslie-jones-hack-racist-***ist-trolls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Hack (http://mashable.com/category/hack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), ***ism (http://mashable.com/category/***ism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Racism (http://mashable.com/category/racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Trolls (http://mashable.com/category/trolls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/G6-E7EZnyTI
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When ******s leaked (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/leslie-jones-hacked-nude-photos-leaked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) the contents of Leslie Jones (http:/mashable.com/category/leslie-jones?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) iCloud, including nude photos and scans of her passport and driver's license, their motives were clear.
The hack is more than just the gross violation of privacy that all people, especially women, have come to fear in the digital age. Jones has been repeatedly targeted for online harassment because she is a woman of color — racist, ***ist trolls hiding behind their screens see her success as a threat.*
SEE ALSO: Why did Twitter take so long to finally ban one of its biggest trolls? (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/twitter-harassment-**t-e**ugh/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
This summer's female reboot Ghostbusters was a particularly sore spot for ***ist trolls, who did their best to make Jones' life hell all summer.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/leslie-jones-hack-racist-***ist-trolls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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