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Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by neya on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:40AM (#15110319)
> To have an email, you still need a mobile phone number to register for gmail (the most popular choice).

> but then you again can also get IDs and fake passports easily in China if you want.

I agree to a certain extent that your passport is indirectly linked to these online services.

Where I don't agree is that you can still use an email service that doesn't require you to provide your phone numbers and you can use it to sign up for Facebook (not a legal offence, there is still a way to access the service).

Use of fake passports is a criminal offence (And there isn't a viable alternative to use the service without committing a criminal offence).

Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by paradite on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:53AM (#15110365)
To not use real names on Facebook seems to be a violation of ToS as well, and you still need to verify real names in order to use pseudonym:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real-name_policy_cont...

Re:China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verificatio... by dEnigma on Sunday August 27, 2017 @09:48AM (#15110759)
Still, it's not a criminal offense to violate TOS. Worst case your account gets deactivated.