Some people have their (foreign) names outright banned on Facebook because they happen to be offensive in other cultures: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technolo

Some people have their (foreign) names outright banned on Facebook because they happen to be offensive in other cultures: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/five-names-facebook-banned-phuc-6899027 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/f... At least if the real name policy wasn't required they could go by an inoffensive alternate name... but I think it's also unfair to police real names like that. An interesting footnote is that one of the examples in that article was a Facebook employee and the company still treated them like shit.