September 26, 2018

Facebook scolds police for using fake accounts to snoop on citizens

Put down that “Bob Smith” fake account and back off, Facebook told the Memphis Police Department, waving its real-names policy in the air.

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June 13, 2018

MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity

As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression every day.

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January 05, 2017

Using real names online ‘leads to discrimination and harrassment’

Common sense suggests that requiring people to use their real names online would lead to better behaviour - but the evidence doesn't support that

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December 17, 2015

Facebook throttles antagonistic, drive-by ‘fake name’ reporting

The real-name policy is staying, but it's slowly getting better.

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November 25, 2015

Phuc Dat Bich’s Facebook real-name woes were all a hoax, probably

An (ostensibly) Australian (maybe) man who whined about his Facebook account being "shut down multiple times" has confessed to making it all up.

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November 19, 2015

Facebook finally lets a woman named Isis back into her account

No, I am not a terrorist, said the San Francisco engineer, sending a copy of her passport that eventually convinced somebody.

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November 03, 2015

Facebook finally changes real-name policy

The policy isn't going away, but Facebook is addressing multiple complaints, including en masse account flagging.

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October 08, 2015

Facebook relents: ‘Something Long and Complicated’ is NOT a fake name

Facebook's deeply flawed "authentic" names policy once again leads to an unjust account freeze.

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July 30, 2015

Facebook ordered to allow pseudonyms by privacy watchdog

Good news for every Little Miss Hot Mess and Jemmaroid von Laalaa out there: a German privacy watchdog has ordered Facebook to allow users to take out accounts under pseudonyms.

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