While social media has become the main form of communication in the current digital age, for some, the misuse and exploitation of it can be very disturbing and upsetting. An example of the latter is renowned actress and artist Bipasha Hayat. The actress is quite upset as there are over 10 false and fake Facebook accounts in her name. She has absolutely no association with those pages.
She informed DhakaLive that it has been seen that the fake accounts regularly upload some picture, post statuses which are political, religious or very personal. Overall, it may create controversy. Also, the responses that are received from those statuses are quite disturbing, according to Bipasha Hayat. Not only have that, but the people who use control those fake accounts also regularly chatted from those accounts. The actress, understandably upset, is concerned that these fake accounts are harming her image. She is most certainly disturbed by it. Bipasha Hayat said, “I am very upset and disturbed by the way these fake accounts are creating controversy and harming my image. In many functions, I have been asked about these Facebook activities. I have only one Facebook account and that is my genuine one.”
Regarding the activities of using fake accounts, with names of celebrities, State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim said, “Creating and using a false account using the name of artistes is not a new story. If anyone complains through BTRC, then we take the necessary actions by contacting Facebook authorities and have those accounts shut down. We have taken such actions before. However, unfortunately, the same thing happens after a few days. The best thing to do is to have that account verified by Facebook.”
Many artistes have faced this dilemma of having their names used by false Facebook accounts. The artistes have requested the authorities concerned to keep a watchful eye on such unscrupulous activities.