Female journalists and activists say they had their private photos shared on #social #media by governments seeking to intimidate and silence them.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/i-will-not-be-silenced-women-targeted-hack-leak-attacks-n1275540

#GhadaOueiss, a Lebanese broadcast #journalist at #Al-Jazeera, was eating dinner at home with her husband last June when she received a message from a colleague telling her to check #Twitter. Oueiss opened up the #account and was horrified: A private photo taken when she was wearing a bikini in a jacuzzi was being circulated by a network of accounts, accompanied by false claims that the photos were taken at her boss’s house.

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