Facebook, Germany At Odds Over Users’ Real Names, Pseudonyms
Facebook and Germany are at odds again, this time over whether the social network’s insistence that users provide their real names conflicts with the country’s data-protection law that permits the use of pseudonyms.
Facebook and Germany are at odds again, this time over whether the social network’s insistence that users provide their real names conflicts with the country’s data-protection law that permits the use of pseudonyms.
SlashGear reported that the law has not yet been adopted throughout the country, but the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in the state of Schleswig-Holstein demanded that Facebook change its policy, and other states are expected to follow suit.
The “What names are allowed on Facebook?” section of the social network’s help center states:
Facebook is a community where people use their real identities.
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