"I am a proud Hawaiian who wants to be able to display my Hawaiian given name."
Last week, Facebook froze Silva's account because of a policy that suspends accounts suspected of fake names.
Facebook says they want you to "always know who you're connecting with," and the policy was enacted to help "keep our community safe."
According to Huffington PostHuffington Post his 29-letter middle name is real and the site doesn't make it easy for him to prove it.
"That's my name," Silva wrote in a Facebook post, shortly after he was alerted to make the change. "I am a proud Hawaiian who wants to be able to display my Hawaiian given name."
Facebook froze man's account because they don't believe his name is real
"I am a proud Hawaiian who wants to be able to display my Hawaiian given name."
Last week, Facebook froze Silva's account because of a policy that suspends accounts suspected of fake names.
Facebook says they want you to "always know who you're connecting with," and the policy was enacted to help "keep our community safe."
According to Huffington PostHuffington Post his 29-letter middle name is real and the site doesn't make it easy for him to prove it.
"That's my name," Silva wrote in a Facebook post, shortly after he was alerted to make the change. "I am a proud Hawaiian who wants to be able to display my Hawaiian given name."
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