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Facebook posts only using pseudonymous, at the insistence of Germany

Facebook network administrators may need to review the rules for posting, removing the section that insists on attaching real names to messages uploaded by users. Measures should be taken because in its current form, the operation of network Facebook contrary to German law governing the use of pseudonyms.

As expected, the social network administrators vehemently reject applications received, even though the new law has not yet been adopted throughout

Germany

. So far only Office Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein region called explicitly change the rules for posting and bringing them into line with German data protection laws, but it is expected that other states to join this endeavor.

Thilo Weichert, Commissioner for the protection of privacy and Director of the Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein region, said that "it is unacceptable that a portal from the

United States

, such as Facebook, to violate German laws for data protection without kind of opposition or an outcome perspective ". He continued saying that his approach is to "clarify the state legally Facebook and to whom must meet the company".

Although under current policies the coupling of several pseudonyms of the same user account, Facebook insists that each registered user to use and your real name. Of network rules are observed utterances "Facebook is a community where people use real identity" and "ask everyone to provide your real name, so that each user can always know who is connected".

According to the same Thilo Weichert, the initiative taken for the State of Schleswig-Holstein is seen as a pilot project for

Germany

, used to observe the reaction of administrators Facebook, leave a respite of two weeks to respond to this action in court. In a first reaction, a Facebook spokesman expressed the company's determination to resist by all means German initiative, labeling made the gesture as a waste of taxpayers' money.

Mandatory use of real names for posts made on public websites has become an increasingly controversial topic in recent years, with the proliferation of social networking sites. Google+ made a first attempt to ban the use pseudonyms since 2011, suspending user accounts registered using false names or nicknames. YouTube is another Google service that tried to impose use real name in the comments and videos posted here in the hope that approach will reduce aggressive comments are posted under various pseudonyms. You can find here some related Android gamesand Android Tricks for the Android smartphones.

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