Paris has been getting a lot of attention lately after she spoke out against white actor Joseph Fiennes being cast to play her father, Michael Jackson, on Urban Myths (that episode has since been canceled). According to some of Paris's posts on social media, the attention she's seen after the casting controversy hasn't all been positive. On Twitter, Paris wrote that she gets hate for wanting privacy, and pointed out how wrong that is, especially when her personal things are hacked. It's unclear if Paris is talking about new or old hacking, but either way, it's not OK.
"Don't tell me I don't have the right to ask for privacy if people are taking my private pictures and videos and putting them online," Paris wrote in a post on Instagram. "There's a line and people are crossing it and I'm not okay with it."
Paris is absolutely right. No matter who you are, everyone has a right to some privacy. If Paris has photos and videos on her phone or computer that she's not posting to social media or in a public way, that means she doesn't want them out there. Going into her personal files without her consent is a huge violation of her privacy, and can be extremely hurtful and upsetting.
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In her post, Paris goes on to say that her words and pictures are being taken out of context, used to make her look bad.
"They manipulate words and pictures to their advantage just so they can have an excuse to hate me," Paris wrote. "I don't know why."
Paris has been the victim of cyber bullying in the past, and this is no different. Last year, Paris opened up about how hurtful the constant hate is in a super emotional video. She cried as she talked about how tired she was of being bullied online, and pleaded with the public to have more compassion. Paris had to delete the video because she was being cyber bullied for her video asking people to stop cyber bullying her. It's so messed up. Having her personal photos and videos hacked and posted is also cyber bullying because it violates Paris' privacy and, as she wrote in her recent post, is used to hurt her. That is not OK.
On Twitter, Paris said she's also criticized for asking for privacy.
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In her Instagram post, Paris makes a very important point about the internet and privacy that truly outlines how messed up the expectation that the public is entitled to know everything about her is.
"Also please keep in mind that not everything someone puts online is their whole life and you can't assume that you 'know' that person just because of what you see on your phone or computer," she wrote.
It's easy to forget that we don't actually know celebrities because we see what appears to be a lot of their lives online. But that's not really true. Just like us, celebrities pick and choose what to share online and what to keep private. They show us a sliver of their lives, but they keep the rest to themselves. We aren't entitled to see any more than what they share online, just like we wouldn't expect anyone to take our private selfies and blast them across the internet.
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Just like everyone else, Paris is just trying to live her life. She shouldn't have to feel like every time she logs on social media she's going to get a flood of hate and invasions of her privacy. Kudos to Paris for speaking out and fighting for her rights. We respect that, and we hope other people will too.
Related: Paris Jackson Opens Up About Cyberbullying in Emotional Instagram Video
