A mass sexual assault scandal broke out at Cornell University. Reporters tried to search the victims, triggering a wave of support for "I am Jane Doe."

A major campus sexual assault scandal broke out at Cornell University, an Ivy League school in the United States. A female student who once attended the school accused that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024. The school tolerated the incident and the prosecutor did not file a case. The victim formally filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University and the seven people involved on the 16th of this month. After causing an uproar in public opinion, the New York State District Attorney's Office announced the reopening of a criminal investigation, and the whole case continues to ferment. An American male reporter tried to reveal the identity of the victim, so everyone started "I am Jane Doe." on various social platforms to protect the victim.

Michael Tracey solicited information from the public on the social platform "X" (Jane Doe is the female nameless name), and emphasized in his report that this action was due to the abuse of the "right of anonymity" in recent civil lawsuits. He believed that it was in the public interest to prevent the overuse of the right of anonymity. This aroused public anger, and many people posted "I am Jane Doe." on various social platforms (X, TikTok, Threads, Instagram). Some articles even stated the age at which they were sexually harassed and assaulted and the name of the perpetrator.

After the "I am Jane Doe." post went viral on various social platforms, Michael Tracey still posted on "X" that for the public interest, the victim should not use "Jane Doe" to obtain permanent anonymity. However, the comment area of ​​the post was also bombarded by netizens, "Are you worthy of being a human being?", "What nonsense are you talking about? You want to disclose a person's information and you say you won't harass her", and "Fuck you public interests."