If you are basically living on social media, one would definitely know how fake news spreads like wildfire. Right from WhatsApp, Facebook to Twitter, there are people who keep forwarding false news. While there is another section of people on the digital space where they spread fake news under some celebrities’ name. This time the famous personality who fell prey is Bollywood choreographer and actor Jaaved Jaaferi.
Earlier, the dancer-actor shared a screenshot of the fake news on his Twitter handle and mentioned that the tweet attributed to him is fake as he tweeted, "This screenshot of a tweet attributed to me is fake and insidious and made viral by the rampant #FakeNews scum. My tweets and speeches have always promoted communal harmony and in today’s trying time’s where the world unites to fight an enemy of humanity, #****off #HateMongers"
Today, he shared a video on the same where he is heard saying that the screenshots that are attributed to him are fake and that he has not tweeted any such thing on Twitter. In the video, he also mentioned that he will be filing a case of defamation on the Twitter user who is spreading such fake news.
I normally don’t post personal videos inspite of being trolled often, but had to now. In a time when humanity is faced with a pandemic and race religion colour country are no concern, some Indians are still indulging in #FakeNews #HinduMuslim #HateMongering.
— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) April 19, 2020
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While sharing the video on his Twitter handle, He tweeted, "I normally don’t post personal videos in spite of being trolled often, but had to now. In a time when humanity is faced with a pandemic and race religion colour country is no concern, some Indians are still indulging in #FakeNews #HinduMuslim #HateMongering. We need love not hate"
Image source: Twitter/ jaavedjaaferi