German Court Sides With Facebook Policy Of Requiring Users’ Real Names
Facebook’s good fortune in courtrooms extended overseas, as the administrative court for the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein sided with the social network and suspended the enforcement of an order that it allow users to register under pseudonyms.
Facebook’s good fortune in courtrooms extended overseas, as the administrative court for the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein sided with the social network and suspended the enforcement of an order that it allow users to register under pseudonyms.
The state’s data-protection commissioner, Thilo Weichert, threatened last month to fine Facebook £16,000 ($24,822) if it refused to abolish its policy of requiring users to sign up with their real names.
According to Bloomberg, the court said in a statement on its website that Weichert’s order is likely illegal, adding:
The regulator wrongfully based its order on German data protection law.
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