Facebook’s ongoing war on pseudonyms is well-documented. The company wants everyone to use their real name on the social network, and ideally this would be their only identity on the Internet. Menlo Park often bans users that use fake names (most are spammers, but many are just using pseudonyms), but it recently went further than that: the company is now asking you to snitch on your friends if they are not using their real name. Facebook has a point that using real names is a good way to keep its users safe. Unfortunately, it can also endanger them. Read the full story at The Next Web.
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