There is a quiet war being waged in Jamaica. It is not fought with guns. It is not debated in Parliament. It does not announce itself in headlines. Yet it is steadily eroding the integrity of our democracy, distorting our markets, and undermining legitimate professionalism. It is the war of the sockpuppet. The term may sound trivial—almost comical. It is not. In the digital age, “sockpuppetting” refers to the deliberate creation of multiple false online identities to manip

In the lexicon of digital forensics, sockpuppetting is the act of creating multiple online identities to deceive. Unlike a simple pseudonym used for privacy, a sockpuppet is a tool of manipulation. It is an artificial persona designed to create the illusion of grassroots support, to harass dissenters, or to skew the perception of public consensus. When these digital ghosts are deployed in tandem—an "alias army"...Read More