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Yes they do enforce it. Just because you haven't been called to defend one of your fake accounts does not mean they don't enforce it. See: https://www.theguard
by bogomipz 8y ago
Yes they do enforce it. Just because you haven't been called to defend one of your fake accounts does not mean they don't enforce it. See:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/facebook-real-name-trans-drag-queen-dottie-lux https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/facebook-real-...
and
https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/15/facebook-makes-changes-to-its-real-name-policy/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/15/facebook-makes-changes-to-...
- manfredo 8y agoThese two examples seem to be relegated to very specific subpopulations, that are doing something that would easily attracy Facebook's attention - nameley identifying as the opposite gender they did previously. The overwhelming majority of people can probably make a profile with a false name and use Facebook without issue. Ultimately, though, people probably don't use fake names on Facebook because a large portion of the service's value is lost when trying to keep one's identity obfuscated. None of your friends, acquaintances, or co-workers will recognize the profile with the false name. Unless the profile picture is real, but that opens a vector for the government to find out in the real identity of the user too.
- bogomipz 8y agoMaybe read the entire context - the OP stated it is NOT enforced and it most certainly is enforced. It's not "relegated to very specific subpopulations" either. It's enforced whenever FB feels like enforcing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_cont...