The #twitterpurge hashtag was created to coincide with the release of The Purge: Anarchy, a sequel to last year's The Purge. The film's premise is that for one night of the year all crime is legal.

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Intended to be fun and lighthearted, the hashtag was created to encourage social media users to 'go wild' on Twitter for a day and recreate the 'anything-goes' idea of the movie.

However, horrifyingly, the hashtag was soon hijacked by 'revenge porn' users, who used the hashtag as an excuse to post naked photos of their (often underage) ex-girlfriends online.

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As more and more graphic pictures were spread - many even including the targets' Twitter handle - users began deleting their account after being exposed in the #twitterpurge.

Women were branded sluts for privately sending their partners erotic images, in yet another case of mass slut shaming, while many of the men who were distributing the revenge porn images found themselves congratulated by the masses.

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Many, failing to realise the horrific bullying nature of the #twitterpurge hashtag, even took to bragging about the fact they had not been exposed and, therefore, were not 'sluts'.

Other users, however, fought back, slamming #twitterpurge users for showing such contempt for privacy.**

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The Twitter Purge comes just a week after a picture of a 16-year-old girl who was raped at a party was mocked and trended on Twitter, eventually becoming a meme.

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