Film star Jim Carrey urges Facebook users to dump their accounts like him

FILM star Jim Carrey is deleting his Facebook account because he believes the social network “profited from Russian interference” in the 2016 US election.

The actor has also revealed he is selling his Facebook shares and urged others to do the same.

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Carrey, 56, wrote on Twitter: "I'm dumping my @facebook stock and deleting my page because @facebook profited from Russian interference in our elections and they're still not doing enough to stop it.

"I encourage all other investors who care about our future to do the same. #unfriendfacebook."

He revealed he is also dumping his shares in Facebook.

He posted a picture of a drawing with a depiction of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg next to a thumbs-down logo and the word "Fakebook".

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In a blog post on social networks and their influence, product manager Samidh Chakrabarti said that at its worst social media "allows people to spread misinformation and corrode democracy".

At the beginning of the year, Mr Zuckerberg said his aim for 2018 was to "fix" the site relating to its handling of abuse and misinformation.