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My guess is that she was breaking Facebook's real name policy by using a fake name on her main profile. It seems plausible that Facebook would update someone's main profile to their real name.


They usually just suspend the account silently instead of updating your profile in the claimed way.

Meta is not known for being a good citizen, but unlike sending fake notifications or tracking which helps them achieve a business goal, updating user profiles without consent achieves nothing of that sort.




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