A Cacophony of Speech, Law, and Persona: Battling Against the Vortex of #MeToo in France and the U.S.
Résumé
The pervasive proliferation of rumors, through #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc, communicates meaningful and meaningless-making processes on misconducts both in the French and U.S. contexts. Such rumors have transformed the online practices by cultivating both verbal and non-verbal hate speech free and/or free speech. This cacophony of speech, law, and persona has led to a debate relayed on social media platforms, exposing people to a danger zone mostly based as shame, hate, fear, or even destruction, as anonymity and due process no longer prevail.