Published on 06:48 PM, March 29, 2023

‘Are you not misusing social media under the guise of modernity?’

Chanchal Chowdhury. Photo: Shahrear Kabir Heemel

Be it artistes or netizens, discussions about Hero Alam and renowned thespian Mamunur Rashid controversy has been going on for a while now. One such artiste is the noted actor Chanchal Chowdhury. The sharing his opinion, the actor posted a long note on his social media account.

The "Karagar" star wrote, "When illegal and anti-social activities continue to transpire under the guise of social media, most of us become the silent audience. This has now become like a brain tumor for us all. We all ardently speak about freedom of speech. Yet, a lot of people are misusing social media through posting and writing anything they want on it."

"The question remains, are you not misusing social media under the guise of modernity?" wrote the actor. "Have you ever thought about what impacts, your unmonitored content would have on the new generation? Do you have the capacity to understand the consequences of those content? Are you really doing anything to benefit society?"

"There is a feature called 'Reel' on Facebook and I cannot even imagine the magnitude of the obscenity that appears on there…" continues the actor. "Who would stop these censor-less activities? Can we not expect such monitoring, laws, and regulations from our government?"

Chanchal shared, "Such activities made their place due to our support or indifference; can you deny that?? No, you can't. This situation was born because of our childishness and indifferent attitude, and love for cheap entertainment."

The "Hawa" star believes that all of us are responsible for this unmonitored abuse of social media and its high time we change that. He warns about the consequences of such abuse of social media, and urges everyone to be alert of this misconduct.