JK Rowling has said that “three activists” have leaked her address online in a photo posted on Twitter.
The Harry Potter author said that “activist actors ... took pictures of themselves in front of our house, carefully positioning themselves to ensure” that the address could be seen.
Rowling, who in has made headlines for sharing her views on transgender women, claimed the photos were posted after she “spoke up for women’s sex-based rights”.
She urged anybody who shared the images to delete them and thanked police for their “support and assistance” in relation to the doxing, a term used for when private information is published online with malicious intent.
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