Fake accounts on social media, epistemic uncertainty and the need for an independent auditing of accounts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22022537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Moore (0000-0002-6708-1330, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Internet Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2197-6775 • E-ISSN: 2197-6775 |
| Publisher | Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14763/2023.1.1680 |
| OpenAlex | W4365802745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article seeks to understand why so little is known about the nature and extent of ‘fake or spam accounts’ across the leading social media companies, why this lack of knowledge is even greater outside the companies themselves and the implications of this epistemic uncertainty. It concludes that authorities, investors and the public should not be solely reliant on the companies for user account figures, and that there is a need for regular, independent, external audits of inauthentic accounts on social media
Audit · Business · Media coverage · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Spam and Phishing Detection · Accounting
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |