Fake accounts on social media, epistemic uncertainty and the need for an independent auditing of accounts
This article seeks to understand why so little is known about the nature and extent of ‘fake or spam accounts’ across the leading social media companies, why this lack of knowledge is even greater outside the companies themselves and the implications of this epistemic uncertainty. It concludes that...
Main Author: | Martin Moore |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
2023-02-01
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Series: | Internet Policy Review |
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Online Access: | https://policyreview.info/node/1680 |
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