Facebook Founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks onstage during 'Now You See ItThe Future of Virtual Reality' at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 7, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo : Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)
Facebook has reacted to a letter marked by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights Watch, and ACLU of California, regarding the controversial Real Name Policy," requiring all facebook users to use their legal name. The groups argued that the said policy is culturally biased over people with safety concerns when it comes to using their real names. Even transgenders or those who use their legal names, but do not meet the standard of Facebook's real names.
Facebook, the world's biggest social media company, would not pledge to allow pseudonyms. Now, it needed to undergo improvement process for users who were removed unfairly from the website for using a name by which other people know them, Fast Company reported.
"This should help our Community Operations team better understand the situation. It will also help us better understand the reasons why people can't currently confirm their name, informing potential changes we make in the future," said Alex Schultz, Facebook's VP of growth, in a letter released today.
When facebook removes people from the site for using different name, Facebook first requires a series of confirmation of their names before reinstating their account. Now, Facebook will add another option of adding details and context to their cases, Telegraph reported.
In 2014, Facebook faced an issue of fake accounts. I could be remembered that Chris Cox of Facebook apologized to all affected users after the reported hundreds of fake accounts, leading the company to suspend a lot, including real ones.
In the summer of 2014, Google which previously had a similar policy to Facebook, decided to allow their users to create Google+ profiles using another name.
Meanwhile, Facebook likewise requires clients who banner profiles that do not appear like real names to clarify why they are reporting the profiles being referred to. This is planned to keep individuals from abusing the reporting feature as an approach to silence or harass individuals.
