An impersonation bug on Twitter has hit Indian politicians. First there was ‘tweeting minister’ Shashi Tharoor who was told about ‘ShashitharoorMP’, which positioned itself as a satirical version of his account.
It was closed down after Tharoor’s office complained to those who manage the social networking and micro-blogging device. Twitter happy Tharoor later said in answer to a query that while he did not have a problem with satire, he was strongly against imposturing.
Then, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Vasundhara Raje, in the news last week over her resignation as leader of opposition in the Rajasthan assembly, also became a victim. A Twitter account ‘Vasuraje’ appeared online and started to talk about the injustice meted out to her.
Some senior scribes on Twitter even became followers of the account, till one of them decided to to call up Raje herself. The account was fake and was suspended within days!
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