Tens of millions of fake accounts infest the world’s social media platforms. Is one of those fake accounts impersonating you?
In a recent article, The New York Times detailed a global black market in stolen social identities. These stolen identities — names, pictures, hometowns, and other personal information ripped from real peoples’ social media profiles — are the raw material for many “bots,” automated accounts bought and sold in bulk, sometimes by celebrities and entrepreneurs eager to bulk up their apparent influence on social media platforms.
We’d like to know if you have ever come across your personal information being used on a fake account on Twitter, Facebook or any other platform. Our goal is to understand how well these social media companies police their own platforms for social identify theft and impersonation.
If you’ve ever reported stolen personal information or an impersonation attempt on social media, please let us know using the form below. Your name and comments may be published, but your contact information will not. A Times reporter or editor may contact you to hear more about your story.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/29/technology/social-media-identity-theft-victim.html
