First of all, immediately change your password for the social account that is being misused by your friend. Use a strong password containing at least one uppercase or capital letter (such as A, B, C), at least one lowercase letter (such as a, b, c,), at least one number digit (such as 0, 1, 2, 3) and at least one special character (such as #, $, &, @).
This will ensure that he is not able to use your account henceforth.
Secondly, after changing password, login to your account and delete all the objectionable posts that your friend has posted in your account. If needed, also post an update mentioning that your social account had been hacked / abused by some other person and that now you have got control of your account.
Thirdly, if necessary, give a complaint to the police or other cyber law authorities in respect of personation and unauthorized use of your social account by your friend for taking criminal action against him.
And, next time, be cautious. Don’t use any other person’s device to login to your account. If you have to do it in an exceptional situation, ensure that you should log off from that device after your genuine work is done. Also delete cookies for that login from that device.
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