Shaheen with Alia Bhatt. (Image courtesy: shaheenb)
Strong points
- “The attackers are emboldened by their anonymity,” wrote Shaheen Bhatt
- “You will lose the right to your privacy,” she added.
- “I have to draw boundaries in my own life,” wrote Shaheen
New Delhi:
Shaheen Bhatt, Monday evening, shared a few screenshots of hate messages, rape and death threats that she and her actress sister Alia Bhatt received on Instagram and captioned it: “Does it surprise you? Why? It doesn’t surprise me.” In a series of forcefully formulated Instagram stories, Shaheen Bhatt called Instagram users responsible for sending hate messages and said that she would expose and report anyone who posted inappropriate messages on social media. “I will use all legal remedies available to me to act,” she wrote.
Shaheen Bhatt, after long deliberations, decided to share the screenshots on social networks. “I have been wondering for days if this is something I should address,” she wrote. Shaheen added that she wants to create a world where women are “not threatened, sexualized or subjected to misogynistic insults”. She added: “I debated the value of the effort it would take, because why waste time and even 1% of the mental processor power on it. But then I realized, if I believe that the world should be a place where women can feel safe and exist without being constantly threatened, sexualized or subjected to sexist / misogynistic insults for the sole purpose of humiliating them – if I believe that women should be treated as humans So this is a world that I have to help create, and in order to create this world, I have to draw boundaries in my own life and carry on the action, no matter how boring, time-consuming or downright sad. “
Speaking to online bullies, Shaheen wrote that she would not protect their identities and would use any “available legal remedy” to take action. “Every shit message you send me will go up – if I want to – so everyone can see it.” The attackers are emboldened by their anonymity. I will not help hide you. I will use all legal remedies available to me to act. . If you think you can’t be located because your account is anonymous, think again – IP addresses are easily traceable. You are not invisible. Harassment is a crime. “
Shaheen informed the trolls of the consequences that could result if they continued to send hate messages to him. “So, I’m talking now to those of you who think it’s okay to send me or send hateful messages to someone: if you send me a message with only hope (I say hope because i promise you – nothing you say keeps me up) at night) to humiliate, insult or intimidate me, then the following will happen – Messages or comments will be first blocked and reported directly to Instagram – You will lose your privacy. I will not protect your identity, “read an excerpt from Shaheen’s post.
In her note, Ms. Bhatt also addresses Instagram and added that she shouldn’t have to change the way she uses the platform if someone is violent. “For Instagram – you have zero tolerance policies for much of the content that people put on your platform – I think it’s fair to say that misogynistic insults, intended to subdue and oppress, should fall under the umbrella of your zero tolerance community guidelines. But if you don’t want to receive abusive messages, disable your message requests. Tired of being called ab * tch in your comments? Disable your comments. Ask me to change the way of which I use a platform because of someone else’s hatred and misogyny is the equivalent of telling me that if I go out at night and get assaulted, I would ask. I shouldn’t have to change the way I use a platform if someone is violent. They should be. Full stop, “wrote Shaheen Bhatt.
Screenshot of Shaheen Bhatt’s Instagram story.
Screenshot of Shaheen Bhatt’s Instagram story.
Screenshot of Shaheen Bhatt’s Instagram story.
Shaheen Bhatt, his father filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and their family were massively massaged for a few weeks for promoting patronage in the industry. Last week, Shaheen’s sister and actress, Pooja Bhatt, talked about patronage and how the Bhatts have always introduced new talent to the industry in a series of tweets. Earlier, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor also criticized the Instagram photo-sharing platform for not censoring a despicable comment targeting her sister Rhea Kapoor.
Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt are the daughters of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. In 2018 Shaheen Bhatt revealed that she had battled depression and on World Mental Health Day the same year she launched her first book I’ve never been (un) happier, in which she talked about depression.
