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They only crack down on accounts that have been reported by other Facebook users. So it's usually not a problem if you're not abusing the anonymity. Obviously there are minority groups who are more at risk of being maliciously reported, and it looks like that's the change here.


> So it's usually not a problem if you're not abusing the anonymity.

This is incorrect for some communities, I have a lot of friends who are furries and their accounts get banned for not having real names all the time. For example, my Epoch Wolf account got banned years ago.


Huh, every story I had heard so far involved the account getting reported by another user.


Now imagine a troll reporting every furry or LGBTQ user he can find.


I already made that point in my first comment. Sorry if it wasn't clear.


Indeed, it's a problem for any individual or community. You only need one malicious person to ruin FB's idea of pseudonymity.




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