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View Code? Open in Web Editor NEWSocial media provides a unique opportunity to shed light on phenomena that have previously been ignored or swept under the rug. The #MeToo movement began in 2006 when Tarana Burke first coined the phrase, but a viral Twitter post in 2017 served to lift the hashtag into the mainstream accompanied by the public reckoning of several high-profile men. This hashtag allows people to seek solidarity on a much larger scale in calling out the perpetrators of their abuse. We are going to categorize tweets with #MeToo into the years they were posted. In particular, we look at the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.