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This Article is From Oct 02, 2014

Facebook Apologises to Drag Queens for Name Policy

Facebook Apologises to Drag Queens for Name Policy
Drag queens from left, Lil Ms. Hot Mess, Sister Roma and Heklina. (Associated Press)
New York: Facebook is apologising to drag queens and the transgender community for deleting accounts that used drag names like Lil Miss Hot Mess rather than legal names such as Bob Smith.

The world's biggest online social network caught heat recently when it deleted several hundred accounts belonging to self-described drag queens, other performers and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Facebook has long required its users to go by their "real names" on the site for security purposes. Now, the company says that won't mean a person's legal name but "the authentic name they use in real life."

Facebook says it plans to provide "much more deliberate customer service" to users whose accounts are flagged as fake.

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