Opinion

Don’t be misled by social media celebrities

June 22, 2018
Don’t be misled by social media celebrities

Azzah Al-Sebaee



Al-Watan newspaper

A woman recently displayed on social media photos of her face following plastic surgery that she underwent in Turkey. The plastic surgery did not go well and the surgeon who performed it probably did not have a license to practice.

The woman went to Turkey after seeing an advert on social media. A social media celebrity had posted a video praising the hospital and the woman believed this. The sad thing is that though the woman explained to the social media celebrity that the doctor was not good, he kept making videos about the hospital. She finally decided to post the photos of her face to warn people.

This woman is not the first victim of social media celebrities who operate without any monitoring from the pertinent authorities. We see these people promoting cheap and low-quality goods in their videos to convince people to buy them. Some of the goods are dangerous to the public. We should not allow ourselves to be led astray by social media celebrities who are used as tools to promote and market cheap products.

Some female social media celebrities have their own shops and promote products on behalf of companies for a fee. Sometimes they sell cheap products for a high price. I have seen this myself. A product worth SR6 riyals was sold for SR80. Other social media celebrities use dishonest methods to market products. I do not understand why people fall victim to these tricky methods and believe the same lie again and again.


June 22, 2018
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