A phony name made up by a user in order to masquerade as someone else on the Internet. Sock puppets can make controversial comments or vote for or against a cause without revealing their identity.

Playing with a homemade sock puppet is lots of fun and can also develop your little one's speaking and social skills. Making up fun characters can help you to be expressive as you tell stories and ...

"Beware! An innocent-looking ""Evil Sock Puppet Tries to Kill Me!"" in this comical horror sketch." ...

referenced past CIA experiments on human mind control and accused the employees he was speaking to of becoming a "sock puppet" of the industries they regulate.

64. In a speech to FDA staff, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency had become "a sock puppet" for the industry it regulates and claimed "the deep state is real." (NBC News ...