This Week in Black Twitter: Standing up for Leslie Jones, feelings on Young Thug's album art

Hackers took over Jones' website, publishing personal information such as images of her driver's license and passport, along with nude photos.  Homeland Security is investigating the breach.
 
Jones' experience with online abuse has gotten to the point where there's a running timeline detailing each instance.

Earlier this summer, she was bombarded with hateful tweets about the "Ghostbusters" remake she starred in, featuring an all-female cast. Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos, who wrote a negative review of the movie, was banned from Twitter for "inciting targeted abuse of individuals" after heated exchanges with Jones.

It even got to the point that Jones felt the need to take a hiatus from the social media site.

People have rallied behind Jones using #IStandWithLeslie and #BlackMenSupportLeslie after the cyberattack, which some referred to as a hate crime. Many concluded that the reason Jones has been targeted is because she's a black woman.
 
As Vanessa K. De Luca, editor-in-chief of Essence, wrote on nydailynews.com: "What incidents like this tell us is that we are now seeing social media take a nasty turn. The outspokenness and forum for free, unfiltered debate these platforms once represented has deteriorated. The mean-spiritedness is intentional; it is designed to censor and marginalize entire communities — typically women, and specifically black women — whom some believe should not have a voice."

(Katy Perry surprised people with her usage of misogynoir, a form of misogyny directed at women of color.)

While some were creating memes or commending Young Thug, one Twitter user offered another viewpoint in a thread.

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