14 DAY TRIAL // Personal photos of female celebrities are once more circulating online on Reddit and 4chan, including Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried.
The images that have been leaking online since Tuesday night range from regular selfies to explicitly sexual photos. If we're to believe a screenshot from one of the original 4chan threads, more such images are about to be posted over the next few days, indicating that this is just the start for The Fappening 2.0, in reference to the 2014 iCloud hacking of celebrity pictures.
A rep for Emma Watson confirmed some of the stolen photos that are making rounds online are legitimate. "Photos from a clothes fitting Emma had with a stylist a couple of years ago have been stolen. They are not nude photographs. Lawyers have been instructed, and we are not commenting further," Watson's representative said.
The actress is shown posing in swimsuits and various outfits, as well as fully clothed accompanied by her friends. Along with these, there are also videos and images that the hackers claim to be of the actress filming herself nude in the bathtub. Since the face of the woman in the shots can't be seen, this cannot be confirmed, reports indicate.
Other photos that have been posted thus far allegedly show Amanda Seyfried and Jillian Murray. These are more explicit, however, either showing them nude or engaging in sexual activities.
A violation of privacy
This seems to be just the latest wave of photo theft. Back in 2014, when the Fappening happened, dozens of celebrities were hacked, and their pictures dumped online, ranging from tame images to sexually explicit pictures. Some of these were of Jennifer Lawrence, as well as Gabrielle Union and many others. The hacker has since been sent to prison.
Of course, if this is just the beginning of another massive photo leak, we'll know more in the next few days. Either way, it's never ok to look at these photos because it's a violation of privacy, regardless of how they ended up online. These actresses are victims of a crime, something that hackers being sentenced to prison can attest for.
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