[The impact of Facebook’s name policy is not limited to the LGBT or faith-based community. Young job seekers have long turned to modified forms of their names to hide personal profiles from prospective employers, not surprising considering that 70% of hiring managers in 2010 reported rejecting candidates (pdf) due to information obtained via social media. Some Facebook users reported being locked out even when using their legal names: Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva of Hawaii had his middle name shortened to “N” when Facebook declared his given name to be fraudulent (too many “repeating characters,” maybe?). One San Francisco-area therapist told CNN he uses pseudonymity to prevent his patients from seeing his personal social profile. Numerous victims of abuse and bullying have posted in vain to Facebook’s Help and Support Center asking to have their legal names and birthdates removed from the eyes of their abusers, leading one user to comment that Facebook “does not care” about users’ safety. In fact, no one seems to be immune: even Lady Gaga had to “merge” her real name with her 67-million-like fan page.] Gillian
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 02:48:23 +0000
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