A New York Times investigation revealed that an approximate 48 million Twitter users are fake profiles “designed to simulate real people,” which can be sold to customers trying to gain more followers.
The fake accounts being sold are imitating real people, with only slight changes in usernames or photos. Per the Times, the accounts “borrowed social identities from Twitter users” all over the world, “from adults and minors alike.” A former Twitter engineer told the Times: “Twitter as a social network was designed with almost no accountability.” Read more at AXIOS.
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There once were hollow men
Made of only dust and smoke
And every now and then
Up their phony heads would poke
They exit but to distort
The truth they will conceal
Only falseness they report
Creating facts that aren’t real
Facts that don’t exist
Events that never were
Deeds to turn and twist
Truths to hide and blur
You have a brain, you have two eyes
And G-d-gave you common sense
Seek the truth; see through the lies
Ignore purveyers of pretense
such a corrupt & dishonest world we are living in today
twitter should be sued by all the businesses buying these fake peoples accounts for allowing this to happen.
If I would open a Twitter or Facebook account I would definitely use a fake profile. Why should I publicize my personal information?
who cares?