They were ordinary selfies Charlotte Hooper had taken from the age of 16, but suddenly they were all over an X-rated chat forum. It was the start of a terrifying period of hypervigilanceCharlotte Hooper was in a university lecture when the Facebook message flashed up on her phone. She shot a quick glance at it there were 10 minutes of class left and brushed it off. It was from an acquaintance: “Is this you?”, he asked, attaching a link. She assumed it was some kind of scam.But within seconds, another notification popped up: this time, screenshots of selfies she had taken over the years. “I had a very physical reaction to it my whole body tensed up. I thought: oh shit, yeah, this <em>is</em> me.” <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/13/stalker-posted-photos-porn-sites-police-response-traumatising”>Continue reading…
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