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Facebook Still Cutting Unusual Names

Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake. A similar shutoff of someone with a Native American name has been reported on Reznet.

(5/22/2009)

Is Facebook Not Friendly to Natives?

Facebook disables the account of a Lakota woman whose last name is Kills The Enemy. The social networking site thinks it's fake.

(1/28/2009)

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