If there’s an impostor on Facebook posing as you, with your name, photo and exact details, Facebook will flag it up for your attention.

The social network yesterday announced it’s testing a new impersonation tool to help cut down on users having their accounts being virtually cloned and used as a toll for online harrasment.

According to Mashable, Facebook will pick up a potential impostor account, notify you about it and ask you whether or not this person is indeed impersonating you or just happens to be someone else with the same name and details, but isn’t an impostor.

If the account is an impersonation, Facebook will review it and follow due processes from there on.

“[Impersonation is] a real point of concern for some women in certain regions of the world where it may have certain cultural or social ramifications,”  Facebook’s Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis, told Mashable.

The tool is said to be one of the ways Facebook is trying to improve privacy and safety for women on the social network.

The impersonation tool is reportedly available to 75% of Facebook users around the world, including Africa, although full list detailing which countries it’s available in.

The social network said once it’s done testing the feature, it will be distributed to all Facebook users.

Another tool that will help users, (again, particularly female users) is an upcoming feature that will let you identify yourself when reporting a nude or initimate photo of yourself that’s been posted without your consent.

“Doing so will surface links to outside resources — like support groups for victims of abuse as well as information about possible legal options — in addition to triggering the review process that happens when nudity is reported,” Facebook said.

This feature is reportedly live in parts of South America, Africa and southeast Asia.

[Source – Mashable, image – CC by mkhmarketing]