Facebook Reinstates William Shatner's Profile
Facebook mistook William Shatner's profile for a fake.
The original Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” saw his Facebook account reinstated, after the site had pulled it on the presumption of fakery.
William Shatner took his grievance with Facebook to Twitter and that motivated the social network to restore his profile in about an hour.
Facebook abounds with fan pages dedicated to Shatner (who younger folks might only know as the Negotiator in Priceline commercials) explains why such a mistake might happen. However, the site has previously pulled accounts belonging to non-celebrities who happen to share the same names as famous people.
The social network has the best of intentions in trying to stop impostor profiles and pages, given the potential security problems.
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