Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 2, 2014 @12:06AM from the our-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes Facebook apologized to drag queens and the LGBT community after an outcry over the social network's policy of requiring members to use real names on their accounts. While the policy itself will stay in place, Facebook says, it will be changing how the rule is enforced. In a Wednesday post, Facebook's Chief Product Officer Chris Cox apologized to "the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community for the hardship that we've put you through in dealing with your Facebook accounts over the past few weeks."

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Re:What real name policy? by oodaloop · 2014-10-02 00:46 · Score: 1, Funny

Anonymity is part of the Internet--
You don't say, Mr. Cocknozzle.

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Re:Ok by thegarbz · 2014-10-02 00:48 · Score: 3, Funny

So if Fred Phelps had gone around calling himself God's Fag Killing Machine
Well I always did think Fred Phelps was a pseudonym.
Re:Why only LGBT? by operagost · 2014-10-02 01:34 · Score: 4, Funny

One gender identity good, two gender identities BETTER.

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Re:I'm a disembodied brain floating in a jar by neo-mkrey · 2014-10-02 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny

I thought your name was Abby-something...