{"id":888,"date":"2018-03-05T23:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=888"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:43:28","slug":"online-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/online-impersonation\/","title":{"rendered":"Online impersonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Anonymous-identity.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anonymous-identity.jpg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/4\/44\/Anonymous-identity.jpg\/320px-Anonymous-identity.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Impersonation online refers to the act of creating an online presence in someone else&#8217;s name. This is potentially a complex issue as some social media sites permit parody accounts or accounts that are intended to represent real individuals. It is not necessarily illegal to impersonate someone <i>per se<\/i>, for example comedy, but online impersonation is a growing problem. Many social media sites have anti-impersonation policies, but this is not sufficient guarantee or protection against the risks of online impersonation.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Web resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Visit the profile page of following Twitter accounts:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NelsonMandela\">Nelson Mandela<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Queen_UK\">Elizabeth Windsor<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKierkegaard\">KimKierkegaardashian<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearly these social media accounts are not the &#8220;real&#8221; people. In one case it&#8217;s a foundation promoting the legacy of Nelson Mandela, the second is a parody account of Queen Elizabeth and the last example is a mashup-up of the quotes of the Danish philosopher, S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard and reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian.<br \/> <br \/>\n<b>Social media response to impersonation<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/18366\">Twitter impersonation policy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/174210519303259\">How do I report an account that\u2019s pretending to be me?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saferinternet.org.uk\/blog\/reporting-impersonation-social-media\">Reporting impersonation on social media<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>The real Jon Ronson<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Warning<\/b>: The following video contains expletives. If you are offended by swearing and offensive language, do not watch this video.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Ronson\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Jon Ronson\">Jon Ronson<\/a>, journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, shares his personal experiences of a Twitter spambot account documenting the complexities of online impersonation. (Don&#8217;t miss the short interview 4:25 minutes into the talk with the academics who set up the spambot account.)\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560px\" height=\"315px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnGAjiALurI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"case study\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_casestudy.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Case study - Catfishing<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Catfishing is a the deceptive practice of creating a fictional online presence to lure somebody into a relationship, for example a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romance_scam\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Romance scam\">romance scam<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr Alec Couros is Associate Professor of Information and Communication Technologies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Professor Couros has experienced a number of scams where his personal photos have been used to lure woman into a online romantic relationship for the purpose of &#8220;borrowing&#8221; or extorting money.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Listen: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/spark\/your-photos-can-be-used-in-catfishing-romance-scams-1.4485368?autoplay=true\">Your photos can be used in &#8216;catfishing&#8217; romance scams<\/a>, CBC radio interview with Alec Couros\n<\/li>\n<li> Read: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/2393\">Identity, love and catfishing<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Read: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/2466\">Would the real &#8216;Alec Couros&#8217; please stand up<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Visit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/romancescam.com\/\">Romancescam.com<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560px\" height=\"315px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6Q4U8DvJH8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Optional reading: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/2015\/10\/facebook-as-catfish-paradise-its-community-standards-wears-the-cone-of-shame\/\">Facebook as catfish paradise: It&#8217;s community standards wears the cone of shame<\/a> (Expletive warning).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nFeel free to share personal reflections on the phenomenon of online impersonation by posting a comment on WENotes.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/lida100\/course-feeds\/lida102-feed\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA102\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.108 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.327 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 411\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1374\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 10534\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 5778\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:182058-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20180305234321 and revision id 1044634\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/net-neutrality\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/internet-trolling\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impersonation online refers to the act of creating an online presence in someone else&#8217;s name. 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