German privacy regulator: Facebook must abandon real name requirement

TheWindBringeth · Dec 18, 2012

German privacy regulator orders Facebook to end its real name policy
http://www.itworld.com/security/328...ator-orders-facebook-end-its-real-name-policy

Facebook refused to permit the use of pseudonyms on its platform as required by the German Telemedia Act, Thilo Weichert, privacy commissioner and head of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ULD) Schleswig-Holstein said on Monday. The ULD issued a decree forcing Facebook to start allowing pseudonyms immediately, he said.
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While the ULD can only enforce its mandate on behalf of Facebook users in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the order could be adopted by other German data protection authorities, Weichert said.
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The social network has two weeks to object to the order in court, or it could also decide to simply comply, he said. However, Weichert expects Facebook to fight the decree.
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I haven't read it yet, but someone over at Slashdot posted this as being a translation of the Telemedia Act:
http://www.cgerli.org/fileadmin/user_upload/interne_Dokumente/Legislation/Telemedia_Act__TMA_.pdf

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