Multiple accounts used by the same person are harmful and can propagate fake news “Sock puppets” are the scourge of online discussion . Multiple accounts controlled by the same user can ...

It was the Pets.com sock puppet, of course, that carried the brand and became a small pop culture phenomenon. But the company is winding down anyway. So what will become of the puppet?

You can put a sock puppet next to Bush and I would vote for it." At Kerry headquarters in Washington, no one's calling it the "sock puppet" theory, but it's pretty much the one they are operating on.

The saddest little sock puppet in the world has won a music video competition sponsored by the makers of the beloved space-bending "Portal" games. The puppet is the star of a fan-made video set to ...