During Labor Day weekend, an anonymous hacker or hackers leaked hundreds of nude photos of female celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, and Victoria Justice. The photos, posted collectively on 4Chan and then reposted on a now-banned subreddit called “The Fappening,” sent the Internet into an uproar, with some thanking the hacker for the photos, and others condemning his vile invasion of privacy.
Ultimately, those of us who feel empathy concluded that Jennifer Lawrence and her peers have every right to take naked pictures, but we have no right to look at them. If we don’t respect others’ privacy, who’s gonna respect ours?
So I hate to break the news that even more naked pictures of celebrities have been published without their consent. And I feel so, so sorry for the person who did it.
To the hacker who gleefully posted photos that you claim are of Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa Hudgens, Hope Solo, and many more:
I’m sorry that you felt you could only make an impact on the world by humiliating others. If you had instead brought your energy and motivation to a nonprofit or a startup, you could have done great things for humanity. Instead, you bummed us all out.
I’m sorry that you were taught that it’s perfectly fine to invade the privacy of others, including a woman who’s already had nude photos of herself released illegally to the public twice before. If Vanessa Hudgens ever came across private photos of you, I hope she’d be more compassionate than you were.
I don’t know whether you thought Kim Kardashian’s previously-leaked sex tape made it somehow okay to publish more naked photos of her without her consent, but it didn’t. Maybe you thought that because these actresses perform in movies, they’re also down to share their private lives with you. If so, you thought wrong. They didn’t sign up for this.
I’m sorry that your experiences have made you think of women as objects, not people, because your hack clearly targeted women. Though some of the photos include men, they’re not the focus in any of the images you published, and though you invaded their privacy, too, it’s obvious that you meant to leak photos of female celebrities exclusively.
I’m sorry that you’re getting feedback from some that makes you feel supported, like what you did was right. I’m sorry that there are so many ignorant people out there.
Most of all, I’m sorry that no one ever taught you to respect women — hell, people. I’m sorry that you’re not enough of a human being to take responsibility for your actions. And I’m sorry that you don’t know how to be a decent person.
RYOT NOTE
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