Digital Echoes

Episode 6 Online Impersonation and Identity Theft


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This sixth episode of the "Digital Echoes" podcast examines "online impersonation", an insidious form of digital violence. It explores how fraudsters create fake profiles to deceive, manipulate, or harm victims, often with devastating consequences such as emotional distress and reputational damage. Interviews with anonymous victims highlight the various forms this violation can take, from identity theft on dating sites to financial scams. The podcast offers practical advice on how to react to online impersonation, including documenting the abuse, reporting it to platforms, and securing accounts. It emphasizes that online impersonation is a serious form of abuse with lasting consequences. Finally, it encourages awareness and protection of online identity. Being entirely in English, the podcast offers a full immersion in the language at a C1 level, allowing for the enhancement of listening comprehension skills and lexical expansion. The resources used to deal with the development of the contents of the ten episodes of "Digital Echoes" are in the description of the first episode "Cyber Flashing and Online Harassment".
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Digital EchoesBy Roberta