Distressing to say the least. I'm sure plenty of people would agree that these companies need some amount of oversight, but this seems to be entirely the wrong

Distressing to say the least. I'm sure plenty of people would agree that these companies need some amount of oversight, but this seems to be entirely the wrong solution. Enforcing real identities online has a cost. Facebook has already shown they're barely capable of doing it. Name changes are a known nightmare that result in no action, bans, or temporary suspensions from the service. Other cases also prompt for a government issued ID, such as creating a new account and being flagged by the automated system (this happened a non insignificant amount when the Quest was released). Between technological inability and societal issues, this decision will only make life worse. I sincerely hope they reverse course.