Coronavirus has caused economic destruction all over the world. The crisis owing to the novel COVID-19 has caused enough panic among people, all thanks to the birth to baseless rumours through social media platforms. The popular messaging app, Whatsapp has contributed to the spread of false information within seconds for the past few months. Owing to this, there is no clear picture of what is factual and what is not. Falling prey to this vicious circle of fake news, Amitabh Bachchan invited trolls with his social media posts in the recent past.

The megastar, not on one occasion, but multiple, sent across wrong messages through Twitter and now, an online petition has been initiated requesting Mark Zuckerberg to disable Mr. Bachchan's Whatsapp account to restrict the spread of rumours. The petition, as per reports, has been signed by 1300 people till now. The description of the petition suggests that the move was taken to restore his dignity. 

"Uninstall Whatsapp"... Full information for those who wanna know about this hashtag pic.twitter.com/KhW6AfCqtu

— IrFaN (@IrFaNRaZa47) April 27, 2020

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Mr.Bachchan, on the occasion of Janta Curfew on March 22, tweeted that it is coinciding with Amavasya and in which manner the clapping and clanging of utensils will fight against Coronavirus. After getting trolled for the same, he deleted the tweet and a few days later, he stated that the virus can remain on human excreta for weeks. This statement received flak and the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare dismissed it as false. 

Mr. Bachchan is yet to react to the petition.

(Source: Twitter/Times Of India)