LAST month she revealed she was the victim of identity theft as a scam account on Facebook pretended to be her.
Today Caithness, Sutherland and Ross MSP Gail Ross has announced she's quit the social media platform altogether.
The move comes after a member of the public was tricked into providing personal details to the copycat account.
In a parting salvo posted on Twitter, Ross, who is standing down in 2021, said: "I have deactivated my personal & MSP Facebook pages.
"Reasons — someone gave personal details to a stranger pretending to be me, terrifyingly accurate targeted ads, lack of proper scrutiny given to fake news, subversion of democracy — it's not a platform I wish to use any more."
The announcement comes weeks after Ross revealed she had been the victim of an "appalling" identity theft that had been reported to the Scottish Parliament security team and Police Scotland.
A fraudulent account in her name had been set up using a photograph copied from her official page. Ross said it had been sending and recieving messages under false pretences.
At the time, she said: "Being an elected member carries a huge amount of trust and I deal with lots of confidential information on a daily basis. Some of the messages I have seen make me very worried indeed.
"The thought of this person pretending to be me makes me feel sick and very angry."
Ross stated: "The fact that someone has taken the time to set up a fake messenger account in my name is bad enough, that they have actually been contacting people and pretending to be me is appalling.
"No-one should have to endure this but to target vulnerable people in this way is sickening and I am horrified that there are people out there that may think this is me.”
In late June Facebook announced it was to launch a new drive against hateful content and fake news on its site in the wake of a major campaign that saw more than 150 firms, including Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Unilever announce temporary halts on their Facebook advertising activity.
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