Priya Prakash Varrier slams circulation of her vacation vlog
PIn today’s highly digitalised world, almost everyone is affected by weak cyber laws... It’s the need of the hour... PRIYA PRAKASH VARRIER, Actor
riya Prakash Varrier made the most of the short break she got from work, and headed to Russia for a vacation with friends. However, what irked the actor was the fact that some people started to circulate her vlogs without her consent.
“Privacy is important for everyone and I believe one should keep the privacy of a person/celebrity if he/she is sharing any vlog from any one’s wall,” she asserts.
Varrier had also taken to social media to raise the issue, how her vlogs with her friends were being shared on social media platforms with ridiculous captions. “In today’s highly digitalised world, almost everyone is affected by weak cyber laws. There are many cases of young women who’ve faced trouble online from different avenues and have even disappeared from different parts of the country in the recent past,” says the actor.
Varrier, whose film Love Hackers also was based on cyber crime, feels cyber laws need to be stricter. “We’re living in a democratic country where we’re free to practice any profession, speak and write our opinions without fear or favour and safeguard our privacy. It’s the need of the hour irrespective of whether I’m a celebrity or a common man,” she explains.
Talking about how she deals with social media toxicity in general, the 21-year-old admits she doesn’t care much about things happening in the virtual world. “How I live my life is my very personal choice. But in the social media space, I do have respect for every one’s private space,” she shares.