Meaning of burner account | Babel Free

Definitions

An anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.

Internet, informal

Examples

“Another area that sports organizations need to consider with risk assessment is the emergence of burner accounts (i.e., social media accounts that a person operates under a fake name, which allows them to post things the may not be willing to post from their identified account). NBA player Kevin Durant has admitted to using burner accounts on Twitter to defend himself against criticism (Shiller, 2020).”

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