Native Americans blocked from using Facebook when using..
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:36 pm
when using 'fake' indigenous given names
Facebook locked out Native Americans from using the social network after deeming their names to be fake. Users from indigenous tribes have received messages asking them to change their legal names to ones that do not “violate [the company’s] standards”.
A woman called Lone Hill, whose first name is Dana, had sent three forms of identification to Facebook so the company could “investigate” whether she was a real person, according to a report by Colorline.
Facebook’s “real name” policy states: “We require people to provide the name they use in real life; that way, you always know who you're connecting with.”
I am kicked off fb just in case anyone is wondering. Get ahold of me here on via email. @WildOglala
; Dana Lone Elk (@JustARezChick) February 3, 2015
But Lone Hill, of the Lakota tribe, is not the only Native American who has been subjected to difficulties by Facebook after using given names.
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