EXACTLY HOW HARMFUL ARE ALL THOSE FAKE CELEB SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS?
Keeping up with internet news this week, I came across a story concerning Facebook in India – they’re apparently having a crackdown on people who are using fake profiles to sell sex sites by manipulating photographs of women and using them to approach men. This resonated with me because fake social media accounts have become a huge part of my life in recent years. From teaching teenagers and dealing with bullying, to personal experiences with some nasty little fakers, time and time again I’ve seen quite how misery inducing impersonation accounts can be.
I think it’s a far more common phenomenon than most people realise, and they can take on many forms. There are the more innocent ones - think those hastily whipped up social media accounts used to snoop on an ex without fear of identification (probably not the healthiest way to spend your time post-break-up, but generally not too threatening either).