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Prank broadband profile unnerves Guyana’s president

Broadband networking site Facebook is at the centre of yet another controversy.

The latest issue surrounds the fake broadband profile of Guyana’s president, which has been set up by another broadband user as a Facebook prank.

The broadband hoax appears to have angered President Bharrat Jagdeo to the extent that he called the police, the Guardian reported. A statement from the office Guyana said he is not, and has never been, a member of Facebook or any other networking site.

As quoted by the Guardian, the statement continued: “The office of the president is concerned that someone has impersonated President Bharrat Jagdeo on the community-based website Facebook.”

It reportedly added: “The public is being asked to ignore this impersonation.”

Broadband site Facebook is a prime target for virtual impersonation pranks such as this and other leading political figures, such as George Bush and Fidel Castro, have hundreds of hoax profiles on the broadband site. Royal figures are also targets for fake profiles.

Other leading world figures, however, see broadband as a useful political tool and have genuine broadband profiles for their supporters - Nicholas Sarkozy, the French President, is one such example.

Jagdeo has asked for the broadband impersonator to be tracked down by the police. The impressionist has yet to be located.

Broadband site, Facebook, states members are banned from impersonating ‘any person or entity’.

07/01/2009
Author: CompareBroadbandUK staff writer

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