Many referred it to a lack of awareness and a desire to increase followers

Bullying of artists is a growing phenomenon, supported by the absence of social media controls.

  • The "leader" Adel Imam was exposed to many rumors on the communication sites.

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  • Mervat Amin.

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  • Mohamed Ramadan.

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The digital space and the spread of social media on a large scale among people forcefully imposed the phenomenon of “digital bullying”, which, although it affected widely all categories of activists on social platforms, exaggerated its arrows on the category of artists and celebrities, to provoke repeated daily controversy, and a wave A lot of different reactions, alternating between denouncing and opposing defamation and refusing to expose the details of personal life, and between calls for resorting to the judiciary to stave off this phenomenon, which many experts believe is the result of psychological factors, some of which are related to the reality of individuals and their upbringing, and others to general societal awareness, and patterns of assimilation The concept of personal freedom and its limits and then its conditions when it comes to the freedom of others.

On the other hand, some other interpretations slip in the direction of some people’s pursuit of fame, spread and doubling the number of followers on multiple social media, which has been made more ferocious today, the ease of creating real and fake digital accounts, the absence of age and content controls, and the lack of strict measures against the promoters of this type of news .

All of this came together to create an unhealthy environment of violent reactions, bad discussions, and general “bullying” with severe psychological damage to individuals.

"Alzheimer's"

Over the course of long days, social media platforms have witnessed a number of incidents that can be included under the item “bullying of artists”, most notably the rumor referred to by an Egyptian journalist about the injury of the Egyptian star Adel Imam with “Alzheimer’s disease” and his family’s request to announce the details of his health, the matter. Which initially prompted his brother, producer Issam Imam, to deny it and invite the public not to believe this type of news, up to the audio recording that prompted the “leader” to come out for the first time to respond through an audio recording in which he confirmed that he is in good health, explaining his current presence with his children, grandchildren and some friends.

Not far from the "Al-Zaeem" incident, the Egyptian actress, Mervat Amin, was subjected to an extensive and embarrassing "bullying" wave, after circulating her photos during the condolences of the Egyptian director Alaa Abdel-Khaleq, which prompted her to stress the state of sadness that she was experiencing with his death, and the lack of value to appear on these occasions with decorations. She expressed her astonishment at the public's hunt for her through social media, in light of what is rumored about her death sometimes, and her marriage at other times, without regard for her privacy or respect for the feelings of others.

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On the other hand, the Egyptian star Yousra, during her participation in the first edition of the Cairo Drama Festival, suffered from an unprecedented wave of hurtful comments, against the background of changing her features due to age, which she did not succeed in hiding powders and cosmetics, despite the artist's condemnation of More than one occasion called "bullying" and called on the public not to be drawn into these irresponsible practices that encourage violence.

The Egyptian actor, Mohamed Ramadan, was not spared the same phenomenon that followed him, more than others, in most stages of his artistic start, whether in the field of acting or singing, to the extent that some indicated that the artist deliberately raised problems to expand the horizon of his stardom.

"electronic bullying"

The concept of “electronic bullying” refers to the aggressive and unwanted behavior carried out by the “bully” electronically using modern technologies, such as mobile phone, computer, text messages, applications, social media, forums, and others against another party for the purpose of offending and harming him physically, morally, socially and psychologically. .

Multiple shapes

“Bullying” on social media takes many forms, embodied by broadcasting abusive and socially and morally inappropriate messages to a person, or commenting negatively and insultingly on his posts and photos on social media, up to publicly defaming him, by spreading false information or false rumors with the aim of Irony and slander, and “bullying” can also take the form of “impersonation,” by hacking a person’s email or personal account on social networks, to post and send embarrassing or offensive content.

One of the media promoted the rumor that the Egyptian star, Adel Imam, had Alzheimer's disease.

Mervat Amin was subjected to a wave of "bullying", after circulating her photos during the funeral of director Alaa Abdel-Khaleq.

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