{"id":5061,"date":"2023-02-22T02:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida104\/?page_id=5061"},"modified":"2023-02-22T02:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:34:35","slug":"twitter-user-identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida104\/learning-pathways\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/twitter-user-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter user identity"},"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=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Twitter-connect.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter-connect.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/0b\/Twitter-connect.jpg\/320px-Twitter-connect.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Twitter does not enforce a &#8220;real name&#8221; policy, so it is possible for a person to run multiple accounts. A twitter account could be a bot, parody account or fake account. In this section we review the basics of Twitter identity and complete a short activity to verify the identity of a Twitter account.<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\/lida104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus 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<ul>\n<li> Cellan-Jones, D. L., Rory. (2017, January 24). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-38724082\">Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter<\/a>. BBC News.\n<\/li>\n<li> Gray, M. (n.d.). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/technology.onehowto.com\/article\/how-to-tell-if-a-twitter-account-is-fake-9287.html\">How to Tell if a Twitter Account is Fake &#8211; 7 steps<\/a>. (Is this a reliable site?)\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=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Verifying twitter identity<\/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>In the past, Twitter utilised an <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/managing-your-account\/about-twitter-verified-accounts\">account verification<\/a> system, whereby accounts of public interest where verified as being authentic, and inserting the blue verified badge on the account holder&#8217;s profile. This system has been put on hold. As a social media user, its important to know that not all Twitter accounts are authentic and there are a large number of parody and bot accounts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts on Twitter identity by posting a comment on WENotes, for example:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <i>I didn&#8217;t realise that &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>I was surprised by &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>I don&#8217;t think that &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"\/lida104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA104\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"References\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.047 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.052 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 246\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 910\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 4976\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1878\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:182171-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20230222015034 and revision id 1061384\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=\"\/lida104\/learning-pathways\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/read-laterally\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida104\/learning-pathways\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/history-of-the-web\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA104\/Fact_checking\/Twitter\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"64777e6160d1248b2cbeec175eb937c1\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA104\/Fact_checking\/Twitter\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"64777e6160d1248b2cbeec175eb937c1\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter does not enforce a &#8220;real name&#8221; policy, so it is possible for a person to run multiple accounts. 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