Germany Has Ordered Facebook to Allow Fake Names

The issue of using fake public figure on Facebook has beenlong - raging . But for Germany , the case seems pretty clear : a interior privacy guard dog has told Facebook that it may not prevent the manipulation of fake names .

Reuters reportsthat the Hamburg - ground data protection authority , which patrol Facebook in Germany , “ could not unilaterally change users ’ choose usernames to their real name , nor could it ask them for official ID . ” The demand was spur by a charge from a cleaning lady , who reported that Facebook impede her account , involve ID , then switch her username to her substantial one . The cleaning lady argued that she did n’t want to use her tangible name for concern reason , and the watchodog claim that being impel to dishonor her privateness rightfield .

Facebook is said to be “ disappointed ” with the order , though it ’s not clear exactly how it will affect the social web ’s policy . Last calendar month , Zuckerberg made his first public announcementabout the issue during an AMA on Facebook :

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Real name does not imply your legal name . Your real name is whatever you go by and what your friends call you . If your champion all call you by a nickname and you want to use that name on Facebook , you should be able to do that . In this way , we should be able to support everyone using their own real name , including everyone in the transgender biotic community . We are work out on better and more ways for people to show us what their real name is so we can both keep this policy which protects so many people in our community while also serving the transgender community .

For what it ’s worth , courts ca n’t seems to decide on whether or not the mandatory use of actual name is effectual or not . But for a mickle of people though , legal or otherwise , it does n’t seemright or reasonable . What will happen because of Germany ’s resolution remains to be seen .

[ ReutersviaVerge ]

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