A threat to leak Emma Watson's nude photos online has tuned out to be
a strike targeted at #fappening hackers. The threat was posted online
just hours after the 24-year-old launched the HeForShe campaign in a
speech at the UN on Sunday in which she appealed to men to speak out
over gender equality.
The threat was through a website, EmmaYouAreNext.com, and gave
two days to the release of the photos. Yesterday, however, the
countdown was brought to an end much earlier and the site started to
link through to the social media company called Rantic.com.
Instead of naked pictures of Emma Watson, a message on the firm's front page calls for anonymous online message board 4chan to be shut down.
Although a lot of Facebook commenters on the site were very unhappy
after it was revealed as a viral marketing hoax, some people understood
why they did it that way.
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