What happened to Leslie Jones can happen to anyone, experts say. But what happened to Leslie Jones has been happening online for a long time, long enough that each of the tactics used has a name: doxxing, revenge porn, hacking. What is slightly unusual about what happened to Jones is that every single one of these tactics was used against her at once. “It was every tactic in the playbook.”What happened to Leslie Jones can happen to anyone, experts say. Specifically women, women of color more-so.”In Jones’s case, Mitchell argues, her abusers likely hoped that the attack on her privacy would keep other voices quiet.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2016 17:35 UTC