Several of us follow Norwegian artists on social media, and maybe you comment on a post every now and then that you are looking forward to the next concert. Suddenly you get a message request. The message comes from a profile that shares a name with someone you are a fan of. The profile has the same pictures, but it is private and has fewer followers. They want to thank you for the nice comment. This can be the start of a scam attempt where people pretend to be someone they are not. Think they are talking to Staysman Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen is afraid that the fans will feel cheated. Photo: Tv2 The artist Stian Thorbjørnsen says that he hears about fake profiles in his name every single day. – I get messages from people who suspect that they have talked to a fake profile of me 20-30 times a day. He says that it is a growing problem and that he is worried about lonely fans who think they are talking to him. – It was a family who called and said that someone in the family had thought they were talking to me for several months. Then I had to call them and tell them it was not me. Thorbjørnsen has tried to involve the police, but since he does not know who makes the profiles, it is difficult to report anyone. – I think it’s absolutely awful. It’s hard not to have control over your own name. Signs of fake profiles on Instagram use of small letters in profile names, numbers or symbols in / after names typos many photos published on the same date fewer followers than the real profile Rejected by Instagram The artist Didrik Solli-Tangen also experiences identity theft. Around 50 fake profiles have been created in his name over the last two years. Didrik Solli-Tangen tries to verify his profile to prevent more followers from being scammed by scammers. Photo: JULIA MARIA NAGLESTAD / news The profiles pretend to be Solli-Tangen, and users often send messages to fans. – There are often half-slippery messages and they are sent in connection with concerts, where the fake user says that there are free tickets or similar. Tangen continuously reports the fake profiles and encourages his followers to do the same. Meta believes that the profiles do not violate the guidelines of the company. DOES NOT BREAK GUIDELINES: This answer was given to Didrik Solli-Tangen from Instagram when he reported a fake user. Graphics: Screenshot Instagram – It seems as if it is a kind of robot and not a human being who sits and goes through these reports and requests for blockages. He has also tried to verify his real profile, but claims to have been rejected by Instagram over twenty times. If you have a verified profile, a blue check mark appears next to the profile name. Without this symbol, it can become even more difficult for people people to distinguish between the real and the many fake profiles. When news has contacted Meta about the fake profiles, they do not directly answer questions about why these have not been removed and why it is difficult to verify real users. Camilla Nordsted, Corporate Communications Manager for Meta Norden, however, answers the following: – It is against our rules to pretend to be someone else, and we examine the profiles we have been made aware of. She writes that they use a combination of technology and human review to remove profiles that violate their guidelines. – Today, the technology is so good that it removes millions of fake profiles every day before anyone needs to report them to us, and it is getting better and better. But no enforcement is perfect and mistakes will happen, whether it is technology or people involved.
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