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Facebook Bans Journalist’s Pseudonym

Hate Speech

Facebook will not allow journalist Laurie Penny to use a pseudonym because it violates their naming policy. Penny argues that policy has opened her up to terrible threats.

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The sky is blue, water is wet and Facebook has once again found itself at the center of criticism for its name policy.

The Guardian is reporting that Laurie Penny, an English journalist and contributing editor at The New Statesman, has accused Facebook of putting her at “more risk of rape...

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