{"id":104902,"date":"2021-10-11T18:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104902"},"modified":"2021-10-11T18:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:14:20","slug":"alt-news-impact-twitter-suspended-fake-handles-of-journalist-pushpendra-kulshrestha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/alt-news-impact-twitter-suspended-fake-handles-of-journalist-pushpendra-kulshrestha\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt News impact: Twitter suspends multiple imposter accounts in Pushpendra Kulshrestha’s name"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large portion of the disinformation on Indian Twitter came from fake and imposter accounts created in the name of journalist Pushpendra Kulshrestha. Some of these accounts had millions of followers. In this article, Alt News has jotted down eight of the most prominent accounts created in Kulshrestha’s name. Two of these accounts were suspended during the course of this article and the remaining six were suspended after this author brought them to Twitter’s notice and reported each of them.<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that none of these accounts clarified that they were parody accounts. A handle using an individual’s name without specifying in the account name or bio that it is a parody account is in violation of Twitter’s rules and policies.<\/p>\n

According to Kulshrestha’s verified Facebook profile<\/a>, his official Twitter handle is @Pushpendraamu<\/a> and he has over 1 lakh followers.<\/p>\n

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But some of the accounts impersonating him used to enjoy higher follower counts than the journalist himself. Below is a list of all the handles Alt News reported to Twitter.<\/p>\n

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  1. ThePushpendra_\/<\/a> \u2013 4 lakh followers (Archive link<\/a>, Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  2. PuspendraTweet<\/a> \u2013 2.5 lakh (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  3. Pushpendrakuls0<\/a> \u2013 84,000 followers (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  4. PushpenderKL<\/a> \u2013 17,000 followers (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  5. mArmysupporter<\/a> \u2013 7,000 followers (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  6. ThePushpendra93<\/a> \u2013 37,000 followers (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  7. The_____Analyst<\/a> \u2013 62 \u0939\u095b\u093e\u0930 \u095e\u0949\u0932\u094b\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0938 (\u0906\u0930\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u0932\u093f\u0902\u0915<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  8. Real_Pushpender<\/a>\u2013 5,000 followers (Archive link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. Followers of the @ThePushpendra_\/<\/strong> handle included verified handles belonging to journalists and politicians alike, even though Kulshrestha himself tweeted on May 31 that the handle is fake.<\/p>\n

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    One more Fake account pic.twitter.com\/pGORMgXnln<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Pushpendra Kulshrestha (@Pushpendraamu) May 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Every so often, the account would make communal and misleading posts. Below are nine instances when the account was found sharing misinformation.<\/p>\n