Activism / How Online Frat Mobs Target Sexual Assault Survivors A video documenting an alleged gang rape in Florida drew a flood of harassment, threats, and doxxing(Matt Cardy / Getty Images)In November, a University of Florida student, Maddie Kowalski, was allegedly gang raped while intoxicated at a fraternity gathering. The alleged assault was recorded without her consent and circulated at both the University of Florida and Florida State University on YikYak, an anonymous forum with dedicated pages exclusive to college campuses. Their comments were tagged with their full names on display, together in many cases with their university and fraternity affiliations. For them, the footage documenting a mass sexual assault was fodder for more abusive misogynist rhetoric—and vile jokes shared thousands of times among their peer group. Florida State fraternities were early and vocal defenders of Winston.