Facebook blocks Indian accounts for "fake" names
Last October, Facebook apologized to the LGBT community for blocking accounts containing pseudonyms. The social network changed the authentication procedure by changing the name requirements from “real” to “authentic”. But Native Americans still have a problem that Dana Lone Hill faced: a social network blocking Native American names.
Kicking bird, the leader of the Kiowa, Oklahoma.
Dana Lakota Lonely Hill has been using Facebook since 2007. She changed her name to what her parents gave her at birth - Lonely Hill, and tried to log in, but her account was blocked. Trying to restore access, she sent a letter with scans of identification and library cards. A day later, Dana logged into Facebook, but was later blocked again. At the moment, her account is valid.
Changing the name policy to “authentic”, that is, giving the opportunity to use pseudonyms, Facebook left a ban on “words, phrases or nicknames instead of the middle name (patronymic in Russia)”. This ban includes such names as Among the Watchers, the Lonely Elk, the Lonely Hill, the Crawling Bear. The Indians have to figure out how to remake their name into something that will satisfy the requirements of Facebook.
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The crawling Kiowa Bear was also blocked . To restore the account, he was asked to send an ID card. Again.
Blocking occurs after a user complains to a page containing a name that, in his opinion, violates the rules of the social network. Next, Facebook employees work with the account, and the decision may be subjective. The social network is aware of this problem and is working on ways to eliminate it.
Kicking bird, the leader of the Kiowa, Oklahoma.
Dana Lakota Lonely Hill has been using Facebook since 2007. She changed her name to what her parents gave her at birth - Lonely Hill, and tried to log in, but her account was blocked. Trying to restore access, she sent a letter with scans of identification and library cards. A day later, Dana logged into Facebook, but was later blocked again. At the moment, her account is valid.
Changing the name policy to “authentic”, that is, giving the opportunity to use pseudonyms, Facebook left a ban on “words, phrases or nicknames instead of the middle name (patronymic in Russia)”. This ban includes such names as Among the Watchers, the Lonely Elk, the Lonely Hill, the Crawling Bear. The Indians have to figure out how to remake their name into something that will satisfy the requirements of Facebook.
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The crawling Kiowa Bear was also blocked . To restore the account, he was asked to send an ID card. Again.
Try again @Creepingbear apparently my family name doesn’t meet @facebook standards. Way to go #ColumbusDay #facebook pic.twitter.com/HYiu55DYgh
- Shane Creepingbear (@Creepingbear) October 14, 2014Blocking occurs after a user complains to a page containing a name that, in his opinion, violates the rules of the social network. Next, Facebook employees work with the account, and the decision may be subjective. The social network is aware of this problem and is working on ways to eliminate it.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/374645/
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