Thousands of celebrities and entrepreneurs impostors "tweet" on the network
Steve Jobs, Alejandro Sanz, Will Smith and other celebrities have been victims of identity theft in the network
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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Thousands of celebrities and entrepreneurs impostors "tweet" on the network will
Thousands of celebrities and entrepreneurs impostors "tweet" on the network
Thousands of celebrities and entrepreneurs impostors "tweet" on the network
San Francisco (AP) .
Twitter is now a growing phenomenon on the Internet and one of the most visited social networks, but not everything that she reads is authentic and has not been written by the user who believes.
This network has become the platform that many celebrities and even companies use as a tool in public relations and in many cases, the 140 characters of your message replace the press releases. CASE Twitter is now a growing phenomenon on the Internet and one of the most visited social networks, but not everything that she reads is authentic and has not been written by the user who believes.
STEVE JOBS @ ceoSteveJobs Member
announced last week at his Twitter account that the new iPhone
which, incidentally, never used Twitter to corporate announcements. This incident showed once again that the popular micro-blogging service is full of passengers "false", which supersede celebrities from the entertainment world, successful entrepreneurs or politicians. 
In some cases, it is obvious that this is a joke, as is the case of multiple accounts with name variations "Fake Steve Jobs" , but in other cases it is less clear and should be read "tweets" careful to recognize that this is an impostor. TWITTER SAYS WHAT?
The "spoofing", as Twitter is defined in its legislation, is prohibited by the rules of the network and those affected are entitled to claim that someone is illegally using his name.
"Spoofing is a violation of the rules of Twitter and can result in permanent account suspension, say from the network. The fakes, however, can circumvent the rules to keep tweeting on behalf of others because Twitter does accept accounts that parodies other users.
"To avoid impersonation, the profile of the user of the account must clarify that the operator is not the same person or entity that is a parody of" note from Twitter. In some cases, Twitter includes a symbol of "verified account" that confirms that this is the official account a particular user or enterprise. AFFECTED OTHER FAMOUS
not only happened to Jobs. Recently, the English singer Alejandro Sanz reported that someone had impersonated his personality
Twitter and racist comments left on their behalf, mainly against the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. "Http://elcomercio.pe/noticia / 468799/cuenta-hugo-chavez-twitter-tiene-mas-49000-seguidores-tan-solo-dia-medio We also occurred
Colombian artist Juanes and U.S. actor Will Smith, theoretically " tweeted "that was to record a new chapter of "The Prince of Bel-Air" series that catapulted him to fame ... but everything was a lie.
POLITICIANS were not saved
not escape political and international leaders. The Kremlin last week formally asked the makers of Twitter to erase an account with the name
@ blog_medvedev "from which they were sending messages about domestic and international issues on behalf of Russian President Dimitri Medvedev
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