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Supporters of actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) launched a coordinated run online, targeting galore media outlets by creating fake IDs successful their sanction and spreading misinformation astir them arsenic good arsenic immoderate elder journalists.
Condemning this, the Chennai Press Club (CPC) said the TVK supporters posted derogatory and violative contented online, targeting media organisations and journalists. They created respective fake societal media accounts successful the names of media outlets, arsenic good arsenic galore fictitious media organisations, and indulged successful spreading mendacious and defamatory remarks targeting journalists. Using these fake IDs, they posted derogatory contented targeting leaders and functionaries of assorted governmental parties successful Tamil Nadu, the CPC said, terming specified actions unprecedented.
“This online onslaught carried retired by TVK members against the media outlets and journalists amounts to intimidating them. It is an effort to suppress state of expression,” it said and warned that ineligible enactment would beryllium taken against those handles if the posts were not removed. It besides urged Mr. Vijay to instrumentality enactment against those progressive successful specified acts.
