In October of 2017, actress Alyssa Milano posted a tweet imploring her followers to respond with “me too” if they’d ever been sexually harassed or assaulted. By noon of the following day, the #metoo hashtag hit over 1.2 million tweets. Milano immediately informed her followers of an earlier Me Too Movement and Good Morning America identified its founder as civil rights activist Tarana Burke. In August, The New York Times released a book taking credit for starting the Me Too Movement with its explosive 2017 investigative report on Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual crimes. Since #MeToo went viral, several men in Hollywood have been ousted from positions of power.

Source: Forbes January 01, 2019 04:00 UTC