blogged to #nymwars on g+. On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Lori Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > > *Google: CLG News 'does not comply with Names > Policy'<http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy> > * by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 02 Jul 2013 *NSA buddy > Google<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/google-nsa-secrecy-upheld/> > * will not allow CLG News on Google+. After receiving countless promos at > from Google to set up a 'Google+' account, I clicked to 'upgrade' to > Google+. Google requested I select a different name, even though my Gmail > address -- established years ago -- is clgnews at gmail dot com. When I > declined to select another name, Google presented the option to 'click to > appeal' to use CLG News as the owner for CLG News on Google+. On 28 June, I > received an email from Google, which included the following comments. > > *After reviewing your appeal, we have determined that your name does not > comply with the Google+ Names Policy. We want users to be able to find > each other using the name they already use with their friends, family, and > coworkers. For most people this is their legal name, or some variant of it, > but we recognize that this isn't always the case, and we allow for other > common names in Google+ -- specifically, those that represent an individual > with an established online identity with a meaningful following.* > > CLG News, in fact, has a HUGE and 'established online identity with a > meaningful following,' although NSA buddy Google doesn't 'see' that. Or, > maybe they do, and that's the problem... See also: *NSA buddy Google > wants me to change my name, declaring 'CLG News' is 'too long' for people > to > remember<http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember> > * by Lori Price 09 Dec 2012. > > http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy > > > http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Shava Nerad [email protected]
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