Overview
- Lang shared a photo smiling while raising her middle finger alongside screenshots of insults and wrote that hate comments are getting louder and more frequent.
- The Instagram post quickly drew about 30,000 likes and a wave of supportive comments from followers and public figures including Ruth Moschner, Steffen Hallaschka and Jan Köppen.
- Examples of abuse she highlighted included derogatory terms such as “Pommespanzer,” “Mastsau” and “Hängebauchschwein,” as well as messages telling her to leave the platform.
- She urged backing for HateAid, a Berlin-based group that assists victims of digital hate and acts as a trusted flagger for reporting potentially unlawful content.
- The post featured the Axel Bosse track referenced by Lang, and follows years in which she has publicly documented misogynistic, body-focused attacks online.