Put down that “Bob Smith” fake account and back off, Facebook told the Memphis Police Department, waving its real-names policy in the air.
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MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity
As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression every day.
Facebook relents: ‘Something Long and Complicated’ is NOT a fake name
Facebook’s deeply flawed “authentic” names policy once again leads to an unjust account freeze. 
Facebook ordered to allow pseudonyms by privacy watchdog
Good news for every Little Miss Hot Mess and Jemmaroid von Laalaa out there: a German privacy watchdog has ordered Facebook to allow users to take out accounts under pseudonyms.
Facebook locked out Jemmaroid von Laalaa, so she made it her real name
One woman’s tale of desperately fighting to get back into her account after the real-name policy police shut her out.
Facebook to be sued by Native American over real-name policy
Dana Lone Hill, a member of the Lakota people and one of many Native Americans whom Facebook shut out over erroneous reports of fake names, will head the class action lawsuit. 
Facebook is telling Native Americans their names are fake
Facebook’s still working on its name policy after problems with the LGBT community. Now Native Americans like Dana Lone Hill and Shane Creepingbear are being locked out while they’re forced to prove they’re for real.
Facebook says sorry to LGBT community over real-name policy, promises change
Facebook’s apologised and promised to fix what turns out to be, it admits, an unsophisticated policy that doesn’t reflect the importance of pseudonyms in protecting people from harassment and violence. 
Facebook meets with LGBT community over real-name policy
Facebook’s recently been cracking down on stage names, locking drag queens and transgenders out of their accounts until they switch accounts to their legal names. After mounting protests, Facebook reps scheduled a meeting with San Francisco activists and city officials over its real-name policy, which many say discriminates against the LGBT community.