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TORONTO -- Thousands of Sarah Bell's online friends knew her only by her roller derby nickname, R'effin Adora Bell.

Facebook simply knew her as a brazen offender of its real-name policy.

Bell was locked out of her account for using a pseudonym -- for security reasons, she says -- and was shocked to learn how Facebook demanded she prove her identity.

Facebook insisted she share digital copies of her passport and driver's licence to get her account back. After a five-week battle to maintain her privacy, she reluctantly gave in.

"Eventually I had no choice," she says with a sigh while detailing last year's incident.

"They shut down my primary mode of communication with people.... I couldn't argue with them anymore."




I don't have a clear idea what the objection is to the method of verification - so I won't comment on that - but all in all, I think I am in favor of the real name policy.