"I am Jane Doe."
Those are the words flooding TikTok, Instagram and Reddit as users join in a viral campaign to halt those who are trying to uncover the identity of the true Jane Doe, a young woman who accused members of a Cornell fraternity of gang raping her in October 2024.
"Since they want to reveal Jane Doe’s identity. We won’t let them. I’m Cornell’s Jane Doe," reads the text in a TikTok with more than six million views. "We’re all Jane doe until none of us are," reads another. "Everyone saying that they are Cornell’s Jane Doe is crazy cuz I am too," another user posted with the hashtag,
#metoo.
In a modern "Spartacus" or "Radio Rebel" maneuver, the posts are an effort to inundate the internet with false leads and fake identities, creating a digital buffer to help protect the survivor’s privacy.
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