It looks like Facebook is working on adjusting the enforcement of its Real Name policy. the company also apologized to the LGBT community in general, and drag queen performance artists in particular, on how the rule had been enforced. Such rules were too restrictive and locked performers out of their legitimate accounts.
Facebook’s Chief Product Officer, Chris Cox said in a Facebook post: I want to apologize 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.
Cox says that Facebook is currently “building better tools for authenticating the Sister Romas of the world while not opening up Facebook to bad actors.” Those “bad actors” are people that hide behind fake names to bully or stalk other users. Valleywag reported earlier that Facebook would be amending or adjusting its policy on using real names on Facebook………….
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