Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Facebook To Change Real Name Policy, Issues Apology To LGBT Community by @mattsouthern

Facebook’s Chief Product Office, Chris Cox, issued a formal apology to members of the LGBT community who were affected by the recent issues involving Facebook’s real name policy. Over the past couple of weeks, several instances took place where individuals were maliciously reporting members of the LGBT community for not using their real names. As a result of Facebook’s reporting mechanism, the users who were reported were given a notice that they had to change their name. This is a problem, as it’s not uncommon for drag queens, drag kings, and transgendered individuals to go by names other than the one […]

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