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One prominent example involved author Jillian Phillips, who publicly supported JK Rowling on Twitter. After her post, Phillips was promptly fired by her publisher, HarperCollins, amid a taunting wave of harassment and death threats. This mirrors the broader trend of employees risking their jobs for expressing dissenting opinions, driven by mob mentality.
Similarly, other women in the industry who dared to voice opinions contrary to the prevailing narrative, such as Hope Nicholson and members of corporate publishing houses, faced swift professional consequences, often due to false or exaggerated claims amplified by the whisper network.