Posted on 09/19/2016 4:50:24 PM PDT by digger48
SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) — Donald Trump fans are learning that fake names don’t fly on Facebook.
The social media company is forcing users who include “deplorable” in their profile names to change them because it violates Facebook’s Terms of Service.
Some Trump supporters have embraced the moniker after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said “you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.” Clinton’s comments last week criticized Trump and his supporters for their bigotry, specifically citing racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Facebook’s community standards require people to use their real names, and if Facebook suspects an account is violating these terms, users must provide documentation, like a driver’s license, to confirm their identity. Facebook users can report others for violating the community standards.
Facebook has previously faced scrutiny for its real names policy. Some advocates, especially within the LGBT community, say the policy is discriminatory and potentially harmful to people who use pseudonyms. In late 2015, Facebook implemented changes to how people report fake names, and provided new options for people to claim and verify their identities.
If a user does not change his or her name or provide documentation confirming their identity, the account becomes inactive and the user loses access.
According to a Facebook spokesperson, “real names” are the identity friends and family know you by. If it’s different from the name on your ID or birth certificate, additional forms of verification can include a magazine subscription or library card.
Facebook declined to give any information regarding how many people have been reported for changing their name to include “deplorable,” but a Facebook search turned up hundreds of accounts using it. The news was first reported by the blog LawNewz.com.
Trump supporter Philip Zito said he changed his name to include “deplorable” on Tuesday or Wednesday of last week, and was contacted by Facebook about it on Saturday. On Monday, he said Facebook “asked nicely” if he would agree to change his name back.
“I changed it in solidarity with the rational people that pay attention to public affairs and would crawl over broken glass to vote against Hillary Clinton,” he said, adding that he agreed to change his name so that he wouldn’t be suspended. “The unsettling aspect of this is [Facebook’s] similarity to a public utility and what appears to be an attempt to control speech.”
Some Trump supporters have said they will quit Facebook in response.
I don't use it...but most of my family does.
I will never use it...and I don't say "never" often.....
Which is why when our side takes over the Federal government, we need to smash Facebook with a Federal hammer. How does Racketeering and corruption prosecutions sound? Colluding with the Democrat party to manipulate elections ought to result in prison for the managers of Fascist book.
Zito is my friend and I call him “Deplorable” all the time.
wonder if Juan el Barolped, would work?
I’m with you, Osage Orange...I’m with you!
Well Facebook is selective on how it enforces this rule. People have used Whodat (a New Orleans Saints thing) as middle names for years on facebook.
What is the property procedure to get eliminated from the FakeBook database?
Liberals are against requiring an ID to vote, and continually go to court to prevent requiring an ID to vote. Yet the liberals who run Facebook require an ID to go play on their internet site??? Really???
That’s good stuff.
Nicely-done. Zuckerberg is a typical leftist hypocrite.
The terms they are a changin. Anything that strikes back at clinton will be banned.
[Facebook’s] similarity to a public utility... run by and for adolescent gossips.
(I know, some adults use it to keep in touch.)
Facebook is horrible. I stopped using it.
You are on your own.....I’ve no clue.
I posted a link to this article along with this note on my FB page:
Please note: FB as a private company has the right to do this but I think it will come back to bite them. Especially since they don’t acknowledge people that disagree with them have the right to reciprocate. This is a deplorable decision by FB.
What is a Facebook?
Well, that's how CAPO Marxists operate. He probably deplores his ancestors in Israel as well.
It’s BS! I know someone who uses Meryl Streep’s real name and it isn’t even close to her identity and I’ve reported that person and FB has done ZERO about it!
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