Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain

Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by Animats on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:37PM (#25877766)

Suppose that you had to have a RealID, or the equivalent for your country, to post on Facebook? Or at least be visible beyond a few close friends. Comments?

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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by stretchcat on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:54PM (#25877938)

Most of the people being toxic on Facebook are using their real names. Requiring them to prove their names are real wouldn't change anything.

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Re:Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain by type0 on Friday January 22, 2021 @08:08PM (#25878491)

There are also a bunch of people using other peoples names, this has real world consequences, as impersonated John Doe might not get a next job because the employer will scan FB and find awful posts written in their name. Hell, pictures of inactivated accounts are regularly snatched to make impersonations better, nothing new here.

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