Whoopi is not fan of social networking websites

Comedic actress Whoppi Goldberg has taken a public stance on her opinion about social networking sites like Facebook because she’s tired of people putting up fake profiles and using her image online.

The Academy Award winner, 53, refuses to create an online profile because she hates that people are using these profile sites to act like they are her, by emailing people and posting comments on the websites.

“There’s a Facebook page of mine, I never put it up. I don’t like these social sites for this reason, because you don’t know what they’re going to do with it (your information) and I have no recourse to get it taken down. I have no idea who put it up (but) there (are) pictures of me on there.

“The Facebook people said they would never use your image in a way you didn’t want to because they said, ‘The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is what makes Facebook work’. Well, if that is the case then just get rid of the law if you really feel that way, then toss it out.”

I agree with Whoopi, but I think that there is little that Facebook or any website can do to protect people like her because its just so easy to create these profiles and pretend to be whoever you want. Hopefully Facebook will come out with something that can satisfy Whoopi to open up her own profile account.