A true icon of Pop Culture, the British actress Emma watson, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the saga Harry Potter, obviously no longer has an Instagram account, the latter having been hacked by an activist group.
A militant and feminist group
With the release of Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts on HBO Max and Salto, Emma watson might hope for a month of January full of warm reactions from its many nostalgic fans. It must be said that the English, who interpreted the role of Hermione Granger, is one of the most appreciated actresses of her generation.
However, the month of January is starting with a bang, and Emma Watson is since this Monday, January 3 at the heart of a controversy which she would have done well. Indeed, the British actress was accused of anti-Semitism by an ambassador of the State of Israel to the United Nations, following the publication on her Instagram account of a publication of a photograph. a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people. Serious accusations strongly criticized on social networks.
However, it looks like the role played by Hermione Granger and Belle in the live-action adaptation of The beauty and the Beast of Disney did not post the said photograph herself. And for good reason : Emma Watson got her Instagram account hacked. As you can see in the 31-year-old actress’ biography space, “Emma Watson’s account is controlled by an anonymous feminist collective“.
However, one can wonder regarding the reasons which pushed an anonymous feminist collective to hack the account of Emma Watson, herself a recognized feminist activist, appointed UN Women Ambassador in 2014.
Unless Emma Watson intentionally left her Instagram account in the hands of a feminist collective, as the independent media Misbar assumes in an article titled Emma Watson’s Instagram Account Takeover Does Not Mean That She Has No Approval Over Content Posted (“The takeover of the Instagram account does not mean that it does not approve the content posted”)?
As the author of the article points out, last November, the actress’ biography space stipulated that last November that this account was controlled by an anonymous feminist collective promoting the COP26, featuring a link to the replay of a panel discussion chaired by Emma Watson, in which activist Greta Thumberg participated. (Note that the link is still available on the actress’s Instagram account.) Why would hack a collective hack Emma Watson’s account to finally promote the actions of the interpreter of Hermione Granger?
Another element that might corroborate the fact that Emma Watson knowingly leaves her Instagram account available to the feminist collective: in the midst of activist publications that might be posted by the collective, there are more intimate publications on Emma Watson, including this photograph in which the young English woman appears, published following the pro-Palestine publication.