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Many social media accounts are fake. What problems does this cause? What solutions can you suggest?

#media #accounts
The dependence on social
media
 is increasing day by day in
this
 modern era.
This
 brings the problem of impersonation of a person on social
media
, which can lead to some major issues
such
 as misguidance of online followers;
however
, these issues can be easily tackled by implementing some basic security features on the platform and by providing alertness towards
this
 issue.
To begin
 with, encountering a fake
account
 is quite common when using social
media
 platforms. These fake
accounts
 can cause confusion among audiences of an
account
 as they will not have a clear vision of the real
account
. What it means is that some fake
accounts
 are created with the intention of scamming people in the name of some famous celebrity. To explicate it, Punjab Police Cyber Crime Branch, recently, issued a notice, in which they stated that most social
media
accounts
 have more than 2 fake
accounts
, which sometimes leads to scamming of followers of the real
account
 holder. Despite being
such
 a serious issue, it has solutions that are quite simple. The first and foremost solution is to add some validation in
account
 creating process; validation can be done by having some physical documental proofs
such
 as a national
id
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ID
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 card,
driving
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driver's
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 license and many more.
Moreover
, it can
also
 be done by AI which can recognize the face
while
 creating an
account
 and check
wheater
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whether
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 the person has an
account
 already or not.
For example
, Facebook has AI that can recognize similar faces and make a list of
accounts
 that can potentially be fake
accounts
,
then
 it asks the
account
 owners to verify themselves by providing some documental proof or by having a video chat with their agent.
Furthermore
, Social
media
 platforms can
also
 run consciousness campaigns to spread
alertness
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 of false
accounts
 and the dangers of these
accounts
.
To Conclude
, The increasing trend of creating fake
accounts
 is not very beneficial for end users and it creates a lot of hurdles for users in identifying the reality. But, These problems can be easily solved with improved security and more awareness.
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