Social Media — Page 67
~63~ Lies and Deceit through Media Fake Facebook Accounts These days, Media is not only used for trampling upon all types of morality, but people are also using it to cheat and harm others through fraud and deception. Instructing Jama’at members to safeguard themselves, Huzoor-e-Anwar (aba) said: “The third thing I want to say is that it has come to my knowledge that someone has created a Facebook [page] in my name. Someone created a Facebook account without my awareness. I have neither created this account, nor am I interested in creating one. In fact, a little while ago I had warned the Jama’at to avoid Facebook. There are many harms associated with it. I do not know whether someone made a silly mistake, whether an opponent did it, or some Ahmadi did it thinking he was committing a good act. Whatever the reason may be, we are trying to close the account and, Inshallah, it will be closed. There are more harms and less benefits in it. I have individually been saying to people that Facebook leads to wrong actions and can be a source of worry for an individual. Girls need to be extremely careful in this regard. However, I want to make an announcement that you should ignore this Facebook [page] and no one should join it. People with Facebook accounts are visiting the page, reading it and commenting on it. This is wrong. If a need arises for an official site like a Facebook page at a Jama’at level, we will create one in a secure way which cannot be accessed by everyone. It should just reflect Jama’at viewpoints and can be visited by anyone. I have been told that opponents [of the Jama’at] had commented [on the Facebook page]. It is an immoral act to create a Facebook page in someone else’s name without telling the person, even if it is done with good intention. Thus, whoever did it with good intention should immediately close it and offer Istighfār (repentance) and if it was created with