The internet has exploded with meme fest after e-commerce giant, Myntra, was forced to change its logo following a police complaint. A woman had filed a police complaint with the Mumbai Police, terming the logo insulting and offensive to women.
The Mumbai Police’s Cyber Crime Department had written to Myntra after it received the complaint. Myntra executives informed the cops that the company had decided to change its logo and it needed one month to effect the change on all platforms.
The complainant, one Naaz Patel of Avesta Foundation NGO, had filed the police complaint in December last year. She had alleged that the old Myngtra logo resembled a naked woman and demanded its removal.
“We found that the logo was offensive in nature for women. Following the complaint, we sent an email to Myntra and their officials came and met us. The officials said they will change the logo in a month’s time,” DCP Rashmi Karandikar, Cyber Crime Department of Mumbai police was quoted by Jagran English.
Meanwhile, the internet has exploded with memes as netizens found the step cringeworthy.
I’ve been using this app since ages but couldn’t notice this
Just imagine how Tharki that woman is ??#MyntraLogo pic.twitter.com/Bh87wVdu14
— ???? ?????? ??????️ (@Er_jaSsHbharti) January 30, 2021
If #MyntraLogo is changing then Doordarshan also needs to change its logo, it looks like “69”#Myntra pic.twitter.com/XVaLmvUXnp
— Karan Padhiar (@karanpadhiar) January 30, 2021
Everybody is talking about Myntra logo, meanwhile Gmail logo:#MyntraLogo pic.twitter.com/bMGQC5KRma
— Ratnesh Yadav (@ratn3sh) January 30, 2021
People that have M and W in their name rn #MyntraLogo pic.twitter.com/AOAwBMirgp
— All India Memes (@allindiamemes) January 30, 2021
After #MyntraLogo controversy
I’m also filing petition against Orange?? pic.twitter.com/K2DJ3b6ND5— AnjaliSingh (@anjayyy04) January 30, 2021
Myntra was founded in 2007 and acquired by Flipkart in 2014. Two years later, the company bought another e-retailer Jabong to become one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the country.