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Rosmah Wanted To Talk To Mark Zuckerberg About Fake Facebook Accounts

The "first lady" stressed that she doesn't have any social media accounts.

Cover image via Bernama via The Malay Mail Online

Our "first lady", Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has a knack for making interesting statements about her life with her candid honesty.

Keeping up with that, she reminded Malaysians to not fall for any fake accounts on Facebook or Twitter bearing her name.

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor

Image via Bernama

The prime minister's wife was saying that she does not have any Facebook or Twitter account, adding that there are about 20 fake Facebook profiles of her and countless more on Twitter.

"I've never had a Facebook account. I’m not on Twitter either. I just have this antique Samsung (mobile phone). As long as I can make calls, accept calls and reply the SMS (short service message).

"If you read it (on social media), then you’ve been duped. If there’s anything (you want to know) about me, just ask me face-to-face. Straight to the point, don’t tell lies," reminded Rosmah when she was at the Annual Gathering of National Sayang Squad at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) yesterday, 28 November, as reported by Bernama.

There are so many fake accounts of Rosmah, to the point that it drove her to attend Facebook's chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote address at the CEO Summit in Peru recently

Facebook's chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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Rosmah was accompanying her husband, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for a two-day Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting 2016 from 19-20 November.

Zuckerberg delivered his keynote address on connectivity revolution the CEO Summit that was held in the Peruvian capital, Lima.

"I told him (Najib) that I want to ask Zuckerberg if there is any mechanism for him (Zuckerberg) to detect false Facebook accounts.

"I waited, but there was not question-and-answer session as he (Zuckerberg) had to rush to another place. I really wanted to ask him because Facebook also has its flaws," said Rosmah, adding that even her husband was surprised at her excitement to meet the Facebook CEO.

Rosmah also took the opportunity to remind Malaysians to improve their social media knowledge and intelligence skills in line with the growth, popularity and impact of social media on politics

"Make optimal use of strategic social media channels to promote our efforts. Use social media as our cyber weapon to disseminate the correct information and to counter all the allegations and lies hurled by the oppositions," she said.

She cited the Malaysian Digital Landscape 2016 Survey which revealed how 69% (21 million people) out of Malaysia's 31.5 million population are Internet users. Out of the 69%, 68% of Malaysians are active on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Talking about social media and Rosmah, here's how she deals with all the cynical comments thrown at both her and husband, PM Najib Razak:

Datin Rosmah has also dished out some golden advice about first impressions:

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