Writer
Shaheen
Bhatt
took
to
her
Instagram
handle
to
announce
that
she
will
no
longer
ignore
harassment
and
hate
messages
on
social
media.
In
a
strongly
worded
note
that
she
posted,
she
will
use
all
available
legal
recourse
to
take
action
against
online
harassers
and
reveal
their
identities.
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Shaheen
shared
a
number
of
hate
messages
that
she
has
received
online,
and
captioned
the
post,
"Does
this
surprise
you?
Why?
It
does
not
surprise
me."
Shaheen
is
the
sister
of
actress
Alia
Bhatt.
Shaheen
began
her
note
by
sharing
statistics
on
violence
against
women
in
India,
and
wrote
how
certain
attitudes
contribute
to
the
violence.
Addressing
online
harassers,
she
wrote,
"If
you
send
me
a
message
with
the
sole
hope
(I
say
hope
because
I
promise
you
-
nothing
you
say
is
keeping
me
up
at
night)
of
humiliating,
insulting,
or
bullying
me,
then
the
following
things
will
happen."
She
continued,
"The
messages
or
comments
will
first
be
blocked
and
reported
to
Instagram
directly.
You
will
forfeit
the
right
to
your
privacy.
I
will
NOT
protect
your
identity.
Every
shi**y
message
you
send
me
will
-
should
I
choose
to
-
go
up
for
everyone
to
see.
Abusers
are
not
emboldened
by
their
anonymity.
I
will
not
help
hide
you."
Shaheen
added,
"I
will
NOT
protect
your
identity.
I
will
use
all
legal
recourse
available
to
take
action.
If
you
think
you
can't
be
located
because
you
think
your
account
is
anonymous,
please
think
again
--
IP
addresses
are
easily
trackable.
You
are
not
invisible.
Harassment
is
a
crime."
She
concluded
by
writing
that
she
should
not
have
to
change
the
way
she
uses
a
platform
if
someone
if
being
abusive.
But
the
abusers
should.