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Alyssa Milano’s Hashtag ‘Me Too’ Goes Viral on Twitter and Facebook

Author : NewsGram Desk

American actress Alyssa Milano's request from the social media has resulted in millions of tweets as she asked women to share their personal experience with harassment and sexual assault with 'me too' hashtag, which culminated into more than 6 million users talking about it on Twitter and Facebook.

Milano's hashtag "me too" goes viral.

All of this comes in the backdrop of new allegations against popular Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein has been accused by a dozen women of sexually harassing them, even raping them. Since these allegations have come to the fore, people all across the world are sharing their own personal experience with harassment on Twitter and Facebook. Some of the tweets are shared even by men who have been on the receiving end of indecent behavior.

'Me too' hashtag is exposing a very common yet abhorrent happening in the world. Alyssa stated that her friend suggested her the idea of 'me too' social media campaign. She tweeted that if women use the 'me too' hashtag for sharing their own experiences with sexual assault, it would help the world to figure out how grave the situation is. Famous female celebrities like Anna Paquin, Debra Messing, Sophia Bush, Brooke Smith, etc. have used the hashtag 'me too'.

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