Fake Accounts

Facebook report reveals 76 million accounts were fake last year

You cannot be the biggest social networking website in the world without a few million fake profiles. Facebook has reported in its 10-K annual report that the site was home to 76 million fake accounts last year. ...  

Raj Thackeray's children file plea to block their fake accounts

New Delhi: MNS chief Raj Thackrey's children have filed a complaint with the Maharashtra cyber cell over fake Facebook and Twitter accounts in their names. Raj's son and daughter have asked the police to try and block these accounts and clarified that they have no accounts on social media websites. Raj's children have also requested people to not fall for such a trap and send friend requests. In yet another...  

News 360: Twitter agrees to block fake PMO accounts

While Twitter agreed to block fake PMO accounts, the Government is under the fire for blocking Twitter accounts of some journalists also. Meanwhile, the Home Ministry and Telecom Ministry seemed confused on whether to block sites or not. ...

Twitter agrees to block fake PMO accounts

New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter has agreed to block all fake accounts in the name of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The development comes after the government set a deadline of 12 hours deadline for Twitter and other social media websites to remove objectionable content or face a shutdown in India. But there is major confusion in the government over blocking of Twitter handles and social networking websites pages. The...  

Facebook has more than 83 million fake users

London: Social network Facebook has said there are now more than 83 million fake users on the website, BBC reported on Thursday. The company said 8.7 per cent of its 955 million active users might not be real. Duplicate profiles made up 4.8 per cent of the users while 1.5 per cent of users were described as "undesirable". In total, the company said it estimated there were 83.09 million fake...  

Twitter embarrassed by fake Wendi Murdoch account

New York: Twitter, the popular microblogging site, apologised on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi Deng, the wife of News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch. The fake account with the handle @Wendi_Deng popped up on Sunday soon after a real Twitter account was started by the media mogul on New Year's eve. News Corp communications staff confirmed that the Murdoch account was genuine. Like Murdoch's own Twitter...  

Beware! Are you following a fake Twitter account?

Cricketers MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar deny having accounts on Twitter. ...