Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
is
an
avid
social
media
user,
recently
has
been
garnering
a
lot
of
backlash
due
to
his
tweets
about
Coronavirus,
which
are
often
WhatsApp
forwards,
fake
news
and
memes.
According
to
a
fan's
tweet,
about
1300
people
have
sighed
a
petition
asking
Mark
Zuckerberg
to
disable
WhatsApp
on
Amitabh
Bachchan's
phone.
The
description
of
the
bizarre
petition
reads
that
the
megastar
has
been
falling
prey
to
fake
news
and
in
order
to
restore
his
dignity,
they
wish
the
superstar
stays
away
from
WhatsApp.
Amid
the
lockdown,
the
actor
has
been
keeping
busy
with
books,
his
blog
and
interacting
with
fans
on
social
media.
Last
month,
Amitabh
Bachchan
received
flak
on
social
media
for
posting
a
tweet
that
claimed,
clapping
could
reduce
or
destroy
the
virus
potency.
After
many
tagged
the
actor
and
said
it
was
misinformation,
the
post
was
deleted.
"Uninstall
Whatsapp"...
Full
information
for
those
who
wanna
know
about
this
hashtag
🤓
pic.twitter.com/KhW6AfCqtu
Soon
after,
Big
B
shared
on
the
micro-blogging
site
that
the
Novel
Coronavirus
can
stay
in
human
excreta
for
weeks.
The
claim
was
dismissed
by
Lav
Aggarwal,
the
joint
secretary
of
the
Ministry
of
Health
and
Family
Welfare.
Big
B
was
also
called
out
for
posting
a
viral
photo
that
claimed
to
be
taken
by
a
satellite,
which
shows
India
lit
up
while
the
rest
of
the
world
is
in
darkness.
The
post
came
after
PM
Modi's
9
pm
9
minutes
activity
on
April
5.
However,
the
most
recent
controversy
does
not
include
a
Whatsapp
forward.
The
actor
tweeted
a
joke
about
COVID-19,
which
didn't
sit
well
with
netizens.
He
shared
about
how
a
bat
broke
into
his
residence
Jalsa
and
how
COVID-19
doesn't
seem
to
stop
following
him.
He
tweeted,
"T
3510
-
Ladies
and
gentlemen
of
the
Jury
..
news
of
the
hour
..
BREAKING
NEWS
..
would
you
believe
it
..A
Bat
,
a
चमगादर
has
come
into
my
room
..
in
Jalsa
..
on
the
3rd
floor
..
in
my
Den
..
badi
mushkil
se
use
bahar
nikala
..
Corona
peecha
chodh
hi
nahin
raha
!!!"(sic)