A Twit on Twitter
Moneylife Digital Team 24 August 2017
Cyberspace and social media are cruel and ruthless in their transparency. So when the occasional slip of mind or keys happens, it is hard to retract without leaving an indelible trace. A standard, if foolish, response by celebrities is to claim that their Twitter accounts have been hacked.  Film stars and celebrity anchors have used the ploy. Last week, it was the turn of the BJP’S spokesperson Shaina NC to face the heat. Otherwise very measured and careful, the spokesperson seems to have misread the Party’s stand on the attempted kidnapping of a Chandigarh girl. She put out photos on Twitter and Facebook that were clearly an attempt 
 
to shame the victim. Soon after, she did an about-turn and claimed that her account had been hacked and pleaded “please ignore my activities in the past hours”! A hashtag #ShainaHacked sprang up and was soon trending in Mumbai. “Both Facebook and Twitter”? asked angry tweeps.  Some said an Aadhaar link to Twitter account would protect it the next time. Former chief minister of Kashmir, Omar Abdualla, also took a dig: “Any future rude/abusive/insensitive/sexist/misogynistic tweets are the result of my account being hacked. Don’t blame me or my driver/servant/dog.”
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