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Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked

What does the case of Katie Hill tell us about the internet, technology, sexism and modern politics?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the American politician Katie Hill. She was a star of the US mid-term elections in 2018, but barely a year after winning a Congressional seat, she resigned, after reports of an inappropriate relationship with a staff member and after nude photographs of her were published. What does her case tell us about American politics in the MeToo era?

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