Luke Allnutt has a thoughtful piece on RFE/RL asking the above question: Would anonymity help activists on Facebook? His response, “maybe not,” relies on the idea that anonymity would be extended only to those with special “activist status,” something I haven’t heard concretely argued as a potential model but which is nonetheless troubling. Allnutt writes: […]
Tag: Facebook real name policy
In the Wall Street Journal, Geoffrey Fowler has a piece on Facebook asking for real-life identification. Due to a recent bout of spamming, Facebook asked a number of users to verify their identity by submitting–on the site–a copy of their real-life identification. I’ve been aware of this for some time, but here’s what I found […]