Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has said the social media is the modern generation atomic bomb as users can easily voice their opinions and have the capability to give a perspective to any move be it political or otherwise.

Amitabh, who has a following of over 36.9 million followers on Twitter, 12.6 million on Instagram and over 30 million likes on his official Facebook account, took to his blog on Thursday night to voice his opinion on social media.

Also read: Avengers Endgame movie review: A pinnacle of superhero storytelling, Marvel’s latest is a triumphant tear-jerker

He wrote: “The social media is the modern generation atomic bomb. It has the capacity to exercise a chilling response to the enemy; bringing them down to their knees, seeking pardon. Over 7 billion humans in the Universe now have opinion and voice and capability to give a perspective to any move political or otherwise. And see it being spread through the medium it employs across the continents of habituated being... It is a scary ultimatum.”

“Fall prey to it dear ones ; be not the choice I see, Consider, regard assuage the contents before it be We live in maximum consumption, never ever before Guard shield protect thy words , just as they would assure ,” he further wrote on his blog.

On the Bollywood front, Amitabh will next be seen in Ayan Mukerji’s upcoming directorial Brahmastra. The film also stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

Follow @htshowbiz for more

First Published: Apr 26, 2019 13:49 IST