The 16-Year-Old Girl Whose Rape Went Viral Is Reclaiming Her Power

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Since then, the hashtag has spread like wildfire. Thousands of people have tweeted in support of the teen under #IAmJada, as well as by using other hashtags like #JusticeForJada, #StandWithJada, and #Jadacounterpose. Even the original source of the online attacks against the teen, #Jadapose, has been overtaken by people standing in solidarity with Jada and pointing out that rape is never a joke.

For Jada, it’s making a real difference. “The whole hashtag #IAmJada is helping me get my name back,” she said in an interview with HuffPost Live on Thursday.

It’s no easy task for a young victim of sexual assault to be forced to continue recounting the details about what happened to them. During her HuffPost Live appearance, Jada admitted that she’s “just very tired” from her recent round of cable news interviews.

Jada has also written a letter to President Obama asking him to consider more stringent legislation to crack down on cyberbullying. Current policy varies widely throughout the country; about 20 states specifically include “cyberbullying” in their anti-bullying laws, and there’s been some concern that social media giants like Facebook and Twitter still don’t do a good enough job monitoring gender-based harassment.