Tag: Fake Accounts
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Fake Accounts Are Not Your Friends!
Inflated user bases and fake engagement cause more harm than good, especially when the artificial accounts are based on stolen human …
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How Fake Accounts and Sneaker-Bots Took Over the Internet
Recently, one of my friends from my submarine days sent me a friend request on Facebook. The weird thing is, I was already connected with …
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Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers
Fake accounts and fake news outlets that churn out conspiracy theories and snake-oil medical advice are doing what opportunistic shills …
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Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers
In the first of what’s going to be monthly reports on its efforts to battle coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) leading up to the 2020 …
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Disinformation in 5.4 Billion Fake Accounts: A Lesson for the Private Sector
Where disinformation was once communicated by telegram, the modern version of vast, coordinated campaigns are now disseminated through …
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Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm
Investigative journalist Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz spent six months working undercover, creating fake social media accounts and sending them …
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Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
Facebook has yanked four networks of coordinating accounts that it linked to Iran, Russia and election meddling. One of the networks that …
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#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out
People who are just trying to be good citizens of Facebookland, by reporting fake accounts set up by, say, a scammer pretending to be their …
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