French media in crisis as it faces its own #MeToo moment

The scale of online abuse by ‘boys’ club’ Ligue du Lol has sent shockwaves through society

Florence Desruol was a freelance consultant living in Lyon when the attacks began in 2009. Hundreds of abusive messages were posted online, a false account was created in her name, and her head was photoshopped onto pornography and published.

“I was called a slut, a whore, my face was grafted onto a picture of a naked woman having sex – it was all designed to humiliate and silence me,” she said.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2SMeuqT
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