Facebook requires you to use your real name and accurate personal information, and only create one personal account for yourself — which means pseudonymous or anonymous use of the platform is prohibited.
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These requirements establish the operational basis for account verification and user accountability within the platform. The provision links identity authenticity to community safety and enforcement of platform policies.
The updated terms establish a jurisdictional change for consumers. Previously, all disputes had to be resolved in California courts; now, if you are a consumer or if your country requires it, disputes must be resolved in courts within your home country under your home country's laws. For Meta's own claims against you, the agreement still requires disputes to proceed exclusively in California courts. The revised terms also now require Meta to notify you at least 30 days in advance before making changes to these Terms, and you will have the opportunity to review them before they take effect, unless changes are required by law.
View change record →By requiring your real name and accurate personal information, Meta ensures that all of your platform activity — posts, likes, searches, group memberships — is linked to your verified identity, which it uses to build detailed advertising profiles and which could be disclosed in legal proceedings or data breaches.
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"In return for our commitment to provide the Meta Products to you, we require you to make the following commitments to us. Who can use Facebook. When people stand behind their opinions and actions, our community is safer and more accountable. For this reason, you must: use the same name that you use in everyday life; provide accurate information about yourself; create only one account (your own) and use your timeline for personal purposes. You must not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.— Excerpt from Meta's Meta Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The real-name policy engages GDPR Art. 5(1)(c) (data minimisation — requiring real names may exceed what is necessary for platform provision) and Art. 25 (data protection by design and default). The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH, Case VI ZR 7/23) and the Hamburg DPA have previously challenged Facebook's real-name policy as potentially violating EU data protection law. GDPR Art. 9 is implicated where real-name posting reveals sensitive categories of data (e.g., health status, sexual orientation, political opinions) through association. CCPA §1798.100 provides California residents rights over the personal information — including real name and linked activity data — collected under this policy. (2)
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These requirements establish the operational basis for account verification and user accountability within the platform. The provision links identity authenticity to community safety and enforcement of platform policies.
By requiring your real name and accurate personal information, Meta ensures that all of your platform activity — posts, likes, searches, group memberships — is linked to your verified identity, which it uses to build detailed advertising profiles and which could be disclosed in legal proceedings or data breaches.
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