SF News Facebook Introduces Special Circumstances, Human Oversight To 'Real Names Policy' Enforcement Recently SFist ran two stories about Facebook users who reported outrage at that company's "real names policy" — really a policy of disabling accounts when they're reported by other users as fake. The first
Arts & Entertainment Regulator Rules Facebook Has To Allow Pseudonyms... In Germany A data protection authority in Hamburg, Germany has ordered Facebook to allow its German users to employ names of their choosing, because to do otherwise would violate their right to privacy, as Reuters
SF News Protest At Facebook HQ Flags ‘Real Names’ Policy for Review "Never underestimate the power of a pissed-off drag queen,” Sister Merry Peter shouted through her megaphone, addressing more than 150 assembled protestors at Facebook headquarters Monday morning. The ragtag band of privacy advocates,
