Facebook rebuffs drag queens on name policy
Source: Bay Area Reporter
San Francisco drag queens met with Facebook executives Wednesday but no changes were made to the social media company's policy on using real names.
The meeting came as a war of words has intensified over the social media service's policy on using real names instead of stage names on Facebook pages.
... At a news conference at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, San Francisco Supervisor David Campos said he, the drag queens, and others who met with Facebook staff were "hopeful we would be able to get" an acknowledgment from Facebook that its policy "was wrong and misguided," and that they would get the social site to lay out what steps would be taken to correct the situation.
"That, unfortunately, was not accomplished," Campos said, but "we are committed to continuing to work with Facebook."
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Anyone who has anything to hide from say, a very..."strongly opinionated" (as in, "we'll find a reason to fire you"
employer also needs to keep their identity private if they are going to post on or discuss some topics. Let's say you work for say, a closely held corporation owned by Southern Baptists and have a gay child, for instance...or let's say you work for staunch liberal Democrats and you want to be able to post on the far right religious and hate groups you favor...
