While on one hand we also have actors such as Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt pursuing the legal way against the pap who pepped inside their homes and shot a video, thereu2019s another set of negativity breeding: accounts conjuring up fake news about actorsu2019 personal lives. Just because they get a verified blue tick on Twitter, they feel that they can, in the garb of being a critic and adult gossip-monger, get away with writing defamatory tweets.
The latest example of this is a Twitter user, based outside of India and known for writing vile things about actors, claiming falsely that Akshay Kumar had allegedly harassed Disha Patani while on a tour abroad with other actors. While the actor maintained silence and not given any attention to this rubbish, it was enough to grab eyeballs. What these Twitter trolls (and pages) donu2019t realize is that this negativity can damage a personu2019s professional and personal reputation, beyond repair.
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The same Twitter handle also tweeted fake, malicious news such as this: Vijay Deverakonda finding u201cTimepass loveu201d in Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and staying u201ctogether in a hotel room in Srinagaru201d. Another one: Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna allegedly broke up because he got u201cboredu201d of her after sleeping with her. And the latest: making false claims that Kiara Advani is in the first month of her pregnancy.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh is miffed with the absolute nonsense these handles spew. u201cThey have been writing rubbish over the past few years. These accounts need to be deactivated in the first place. This rumor about Akshay started from a guy whou2019s a joke. He copied my film reviews as well, which I called out on my Twitter account. He is such a fake. If you notice, he is only writing bedroom stories. These trolls write bullsh*t day in and day out,u201d he opines.
Maybe because most of these handles are based out of India, they donu2019t come under the Indian cyber laws for any action to be taken and find refuge in that, we ask. u201cProbably. But I am not expert enough to comment on that. These trolls are attention seekers. The industry should ignore them,u201d adds Adarsh.
Ad guru Prahlad Kakkar has the same thought, u201cBecause these celebs are soft targets, anybody can bajao them. They have no record, of who the person is, posting fake or malicious news.u201d
India remains a country where cricket and films are a religion in itself. This is why anything written about film stars gets traction and these trolls peddling fake news know that well.
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Producer Pritish Nandy points this out when he tells us, u201cFirst of all, Twitter is increasingly becoming a toxic space. trolls have taken charge of most of the Spaces as well.
It is not just with regard to Bollywood, it is with regard to all successful, well-known people. They keep attacking them, multiple times, just to draw attention to themselves. Today thereu2019s a belief that if you attack famous people, you become famous yourself. Based on that principle, these trolls function all over the place. Thereu2019s a regular troll army that operates, primarily driven by political goals. They find Bollywood and its actors as soft targets to go after. This is free-flowing toxicity. Elon Musk must do something, otherwise, it will move people away from the medium.u201d
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