Those Who Have Fake Twitter Accounts, Get Ready To Say Goodbye

Twitter will remove fake accounts (Nan News)

JAKARTA – Twitter will delete fake accounts on its platform. This was conveyed by Yoel Roth as Head of Site Integrity Twitter in a press conference on Friday, September 17, 2021.

Therefore, Twitter will explicitly eliminate these fake accounts. Of course this is an appeal for users who have more than one account. The reason is that users often create a second account with a different name and also fake personal data.

Roth mentioned three causes for accounts that would be identified as fake accounts on Twitter, namely the authenticity of user account identities, bios and information, as well as deceptive location of whereabouts.

Regarding the issue of authenticity of identity, Twitter will delete accounts that register themselves using other people's identities because this is a violation and true identity theft. Twitter users with different identities will be immediately detected with Twitter's technology.

“Unlike other social media, it doesn't have to be a real name and if you use another name or post photos of flowers or pets, that's okay. But, don't mislead who he really is. This is the focus,” said Roth.

While the second, regarding the bio and information listed on the account. Users who only copy and paste to add information in the bio. The reason, Twitter will question the authenticity of these.

“However, see if the content and behavior can be accounted for. There must be a thorough understanding of the content, whether there is a violation or not,” he said.

Lastly, manipulation of the location of existence. Twitter said that they will not tolerate users who include locations that are different from reality. This is usually done by fake accounts circulating on Twitter.

"If people say he is in Hong Kong or in Ukraine, he means he has violated policy, and we can identify that," he said.

He also mentioned that the most common way to identify fake accounts or second accounts that violate the policy is the similarity of registrant data used by most users who often use the same email and mobile number.