'Will Take Legal Action': Anand Mahindra Says After Spotting Wrong Quote Attributed To Him
Mahindra an active Twitter user has a following of 8.5 million users. He shared a screenshot along with two memes himself stating that he will use the memes whenever he spots more fake posts.
New Delhi: Anand Mahindra, the industrialist threatened to sue whoever was behind spreading misinformation about him. The Mahindra chairman took to Twitter after an Instagram post had his photo along with a fake quote.
He took to Twitter this Sunday to share a screenshot of the quote in question, saying that it was "completely fabricated".
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As a colleague told me: ‘It looks like it’s hunting season on you with miscreants on the internet.’ Another completely fabricated quote falsely attributed to me. I’ll be taking legal action. Meanwhile, I’m going to post the 2 memes to the right, below, whenever I spot more fakes! pic.twitter.com/9DPM5k0Kde
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) November 21, 2021
"An average Indian man spends his days following women on social media, putting his hopes into sports teams and leaving his dreams in the hands of a politician that doesn't care," read the quote that was falsely attributed to Anand Mahindra.
Mahindra an active Twitter user has a following of 8.5 million users. He shared a screenshot along with two memes himself stating that he will use the memes whenever he spots more fake posts. According to his tweet, his colleague told him that it is "hunting season by miscreants on the internet."
Twitteratis posted in support of him, sharing more memes
@anandmahindra Sir I know you can do this. pic.twitter.com/yxEJO89Nj5
— Gaurav Dudhgavli (@gauravkdg) November 21, 2021
Sir, everytime you faces such fake posts.. Just reply by this meme pic.twitter.com/AKblEPgX0N
— Tony સતર્ક (@TonySatark7) November 21, 2021
Good Ol’ Abe flagged this long ago. pic.twitter.com/RL7kEvg2BI
— Bertie (@goa_niz) November 21, 2021
Misinformation is a million dollar industry , thanks for highlighting it for last few days , hope it creates awareness among leadership to keep a eye on it.
— Venkat Madala (@venky4a) November 21, 2021
While those miscreants to you: pic.twitter.com/egABP5XAkc
— Vidit Trivedi (@CA_vidit) November 21, 2021
How it is like, posting your own meme by you sir ji
— # mahaveer (@mahaveer__) November 21, 2021
— Ramnivas Kumar (@ramnivaskumar) November 21, 2021
The page in question posted an apology and said that since the page from where it was reposted had millions of followers so they assumed it was correct.
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