Farhan Akhtar has permanently deleted his Facebook account as he announced the same on his official Twitter handle. He wrote, “Good morning. This is to inform you all that I have permanently deleted my personal Facebook account. However, the verified FarhanAkhtarLive page is still active.”

He, however, didn’t mention the reason for this decision but it is rumoured that the actor did so due to the recent the Facebook data breach row.

Facebook is facing backlash after Cambridge Analytica, a British consulting company, was accused of harvesting data of up to 50 million Facebook users without permission and using the data to help politicians, including US President Donald Trump and the Brexit campaign. It was further revealed that the data was used to create political campaigns which helped Donald Trump win the US elections, and ensured victory for the Pro-Brexit side in the UK as well.

Farhan is not the only actor who has deleted his personal account on Facebook. Actor Jim Carrey too deleted his Facebook account as well.