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Facebook's policy to require registered under real identities profiles aims to develop an environment safer and more responsible to users as said its officers after complaints of Chinese blogger Michael Anti, whose profile on the social network was canceled for appearing under a pseudonym. Anti

, whose birth name in Mandarin is Zhao Jing, ponders legal action against Facebook by making a discriminate use of this standard, despite the widespread practice. According

ELMUNDO.es blogger said, the policy of the most popular network of Internet does not respect the custom of many Chinese who use nicknames in other languages \u200b\u200bthan their own to interact socially and professionally.

Many dissidents and human rights groups have highlighted that, especially under authoritarian regimes that restrict freedom of expression, social network users can jeopardize their integrity and their relatives if they reveal their real identity.

'real-name culture'

"Facebook has always been based on a real-name culture," said Stefano Hesse, a spokesman for the company, responding to questions from ELMUNDO.es. "We believe this leads to greater accountability and a safe and secure environment for those using the service," he said in an e-mail.

The network representative said that the policy comes based on their own research and "consultations with a number of security experts and child protection."

Hesse did not answer the question of why the account was canceled Anti among users of thousands of Chinese and Chinese not open profiles with different names than those of their birth. Anti

ensures that Facebook sent a copy of your diploma from Harvard with an English name, but says he could not regain access to over a thousand contacts and four years of history. The journalist, a pioneer in his country in the use of Internet for political commentary, and in 2005 suffered the closure of his blog when Microsoft caved in to Chinese censorship pressure.

'pages', 'profiles'

"Activists can open pages" instead of profiles, the spokesman said in reference to the blogger, "provided they be linked to an account of a real person ". The owner of the account in question can then decide whether or not to show in public the link between your 'Profile' and 'Page' in question, said Hesse. Anti

, which is considered an activist in his writings and statements, but not in their Facebook social activity, had complained that the network itself allowed to register a dog, specifically a pet from its founder and president, Mark Zuckerberg. "Facebook protects the right of a dog to have a profile but not mine" was said.

Hesse, however, indicated that Beast does not have a 'Profile' staff, but a 'page' public. "Exactly what we recommend for those seeking to use Facebook for anything other than themselves: his dog, his pseudonym or a fictional character," said the spokesman.

Last December, Zuckerberg met in Beijing with executives from leading Chinese technology companies, during a vacation Facebook called 'private' and in which the employer of 27 years was accompanied by his girlfriend.

The visit sparked rumors about the possibility of Facebook find their official entry into China, a market of 450 million Internet users 'disconnected' from the network protocols are not used and payment programs to bypass censorship.

"I try to learn the language, culture, way of thinking ... is an important part of the world," said Zuckerberg once on Mandarin classes. "How can you connect to the whole world if you leave out to 1,600 Million People."