Ellen Gets Hilarious Apology From Facebook VP Over Real Name Policy Ever the newshound, Ellen DeGeneres wont let a lack of comment keep her from reporting on what matters to the LGBT community. By: Sunnivie Brydum October the 8th, 2014 Source: Advocate Touching on the recent controversy over Facebooks policy requiring that users employ their real name on Facebook accounts, Ellen DeGeneres gave the social media giant a chance to weigh in on the since-amended policy on her show Tuesday. And even though Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wasnt available to speak with Americas favorite out daytime host, DeGeneres procured a statement nonetheless. With one of her staffers dressed up as Facebook Vice President Josh Blankenship, DeGeneres secured an apology for specific drag queens who were affected by the policy. The Ellen staffer, speaking inside the studio but pretending to be beamed in via satellite, can barely make it through the raunchy list of names which, at press time, arent connected to actual drag queens — though we fully expect Wilma Fingerdoo and Angela Mansbury to make their onstage debut in drag clubs throughout the country shortly. Facebooks chief product officer, Chris Cox, did in fact issue an apology last week to those drag queens, transgender people, and others affected by the sites haphazard implementation of its policy, which suspended the accounts of hundreds of users flagged as not using their legal names. While Cox didnt specify the precise changes the policy would undergo, he did acknowledge that the sites enforcement of that policy was problematic and promised the company was already underway building better tools for authenticating the Sister Romas of the world while not opening up Facebook to bad actors. Sister Roma, a San Francisco–based drag queen and member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was among the most vocal of a group of LGBT people affected by the policy, as she planned several demonstrations at Facebooks Silicon Valley headquarters and ultimately met with executives from the social network to secure the aforementioned apology and clarification. Watch the Ellen segment below.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:14:06 +0000
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