“Ghostbusters” actress and “SNL” comedian Leslie Jones was the victim of a vicious hacker attack on Wednesday. Online hackers published her personal information such as photos of her passport and driver’s license, as well as nude photos that seemed to be of her, on her own website. They also bizarrely posted a video of the gorilla Harambe that was killed at a zoo earlier this summer. Her website is now shut down.

Jones’ most recent movie, the remake of “Ghostbusters,” prompted a stream of racist comments and online attacks on Twitter in July. A tech editor at Breitbart named Milo Yiannopoulos even allegedly contributed some of the abuse; as a result Twitter shut down his account. He had received repeated warnings about similar issues.

After being banned from Twitter, Yiannopoulos said (instead of apologizing):

With the cowardly suspension of my account, Twitter has confirmed itself as a safe space for Muslim terrorists and Black Lives Matter extremists, but a no-go zone for conservatives.

He also said it would be the end for the social medium as it doesn’t welcome people who stand for free speech.

Leslie Jones then spoke out on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” saying that hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things. She pointed out that cyber bullying is really common but many people don’t talk about it since it’s so hard to accomplish anything. But Jones took a strong stand–she publicly declared she was logging off from Twitter and called out her abusers, and then worked with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to identify all the accounts that had posted the comments.

Jones was back on Twitter in August, live reporting from the Olympics in Rio.

And after the most recent online attacks, many are standing up for Jones.

This @Lesdoggg attack is troubling. The rampant racism percolating in society right now is shameful and sad. She made a movie, that’s it!

— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) August 24, 2016

Sharing personal info & pics of women naked are classic cyberabuse tactics. WoC are disproportionately targeted. #solidarity to Leslie Jones

— End Online Misogyny (@misogyny_online) August 24, 2016

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.

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If you thought “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling only dealt with trolls in her books, you were wrong. The bestselling author first showed a knack for putting online trolls in their place with witty responses when she hilariously mocked Rupert Murdoch’s anti-Muslim tweets in January. Now she’s at it again, but this time it’s in response to some hateful tweets she’s received due to her public support for the U.K’s left-leaning Labour party.

Conservatives haven’t been too happy with her, especially after Rowling decided to donate a reported  £1 million to the “No” campaign, a group which campaigned for Scotland to stay in the the United Kingdom. So when Ed Miliband resigned recently as Labour Party leader following his loss to the conservative party at the 2015 general election, the haters came out in full force to trash Rowling and her political beliefs.

For showing unbelievable guts in the face of impossible odds, @JimForScotland, get in Gryffindor. #NotMuchBloodyComfort

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

According to the Independent, after the results were declared, some online trolls began calling her a “traitor to Scotland” and “Blairite scum.” Rowling apparently reached her breaking point after one person reportedly went as far as tweeting at her “Go f*** yourself you disgusting slimy Labour c***. All you lefties are finished in this country, especially you JK b****face.” That’s when she decided to begin writing back to some of her online haters, and her responses are downright hilarious.

.@sjosiah0 The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

The best thing about her Twitter beefs were the constant Hogwarts houses references, because anytime you can get a few Slytherin jabs in there, it’s bound to be a good time.

@ChrisDarroch2 and you can’t spell “Slytherin”. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

.@ChrisDarroch2 Chris, if you’re this angry in victory, you must really need a hug. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

Luckily, not every person tweeting at the author had something negative to say. A few fans showed their support with some heartfelt tweets that are proof that humanity still exists.

.@JoHorrocks1 All abuse I’m getting is UKIP or Scottish Nationalist. All Tories here saying ‘freedom of speech.’ Credit where credit’s due.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

.@TalieDelemere Of course I do! If we forget our common humanity, we’ve lost something far more important than an election X

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015

Let’s hope J.K. never stops standing up for what she believes in, and never backs down from a chance to silence her haters with a few clever remarks.

Alexis Evans

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