Published 14:30 IST, May 14th 2020

Elon Musk tweets a picture of an ice cream sundae, netizens accuse him of ‘stealing’

Elon Musk enjoys a massive fan following on social media and his recent tweet has left the netizens confused as he apparently stole a desert picture.

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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X founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk enjoys a massive fan following on social media and his recent tweet has left netizens confused as he apparently stole a desert picture. Musk on May 13 tweeted a picture of an ice cream sundae, however, several internet users pointed out that neir it was his sundae r was  photo ed in 2020. 

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'Cool plagiarism' 

Musk, who has been facing heat in past few weeks for his previous tweets, is w also being criticised for ‘stealing’ photo of sundae which was shared across several social media platforms by ‘Buca di Beppo, an American restaurant chain, back in 2017. While in a follow-up tweet Musk even affirmed location, he was, however, also criticised for ar tweet in which he wrote, “Life should be lived”. One internet user even claimed that it was originally her photo, while ar user pointed out watermark on im and wrote, “nice watermark”. 

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14:30 IST, May 14th 2020