Category: Celebrity News, Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: December 2, 2008
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Lindsay Lohan banned by Facebook


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Troubled bisexual actress Lindsay Lohan has been banned from Facebook for using a fake name.

Lohan was posting to Facebook under the name of Lindsay Ronson, the surname of her girlfriend. Facebook rules stipulate that users must use their own names, and not assumed alias’ or similar.

It would appear that Facebook specifically targeted Lohan as it has done in the past once it became aware of a fake name being used.

Lohan posted details to her Myspace blog, which is currently experiencing technical issues at the time of writing, so here’s the full post about the saga from Lohan:

“Okay, so I love MySpace, because it is secure, and the people at myspace don’t disable your account because they think that you are a fake you.

“Having said that brings me to the subject of my blog … Facebook allows a lot of posers, I thought maybe they would figure out that the posers of me, (and I am sure others on Facebook) were in fact posers by looking into their accounts, or sending emails to the people that they believed to be “posers” which ask questions. what those questions may be … I don’t know.

“Which is why i don’t run an interactive website.

“On that note, this is what happened to me earlier today … I signed onto Facebook with my new password because someone keeps hacking into my account, and when I typed my password and “log in” name in, a red sentence came up saying: ‘Account Disabled - Your account has been disabled by an administrator. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page here’.”

Lohan continues: “Wow! I was in shock. I clicked on the link that they told me to click on and then to another link that said: my account may of been disabled by mistake. Once I got to that it gave a note saying why it was disabled which stated the note saying that it was disabled because they believe that i was a fake of myself. genius. here I am loving Facebook (as well as MySpace - hehe) but going on Facebook to talk to some of my friends and they are thinking that I AM THE “FAKE” OF MYSELF!!! hahahahahaha …

“At first I laughed, and then I got angry. Angry because, with ALL the people that PRETEND to be me on Facebook, they decide to say I AM THE FAKE - of myself. All I can think is, WHO is running this site? and how can they just “disable” my account without first, sending me a warning notice, or AT LEAST asking me some account verification questions.

“Here they are re-designing the look on the site when they should be setting up a more secure way of allowing people to set up an account. i wasn’t even under my name, I had a fake name on my account because, obviously I didn’t want everyone on Facebook to know it was me.”

Lohan appears torn between her two virtual worlds.

“Maybe I am just venting, but I am also writing this blog in hopes that the people at Facebook will un-disable my account and allow me to sign in the EXACT same way it was, same friends, same emails, same “pets” and so on … Phew! I’m glad I got that off my chest, I needed to let it out somewhere, and MySpace has always been the best place for me to do it, especially if i hope for something to change ….,” she ends her blog with “love love love, Lindsay Dee ;)”.



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  • Pete Limbaugh
    OMG... like no way....
    Lindsey is not a poser! She is defiantly not a mislead, uncultured, L.A. poser; people wrongly assume that she she never had a formal education. Though, most likely due to my own ignorance, I somehow fail to comprehend the flow of her witting. Specifically I struggled with her sentence structure, grammar and like THE VOICE SHE USES!! I do however admire her attempt to use BIG words such as : "interactive," "administrator" and my favorite "un-disable." LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL!! We can really learn for Miss Lohan/Ronson as she is a real advocate for change!

    Phew! I’m glad I got that off my chest.
    love love love
  • Good on Facebook. They should maintain a level playing field. Not even celebrities should be above their terms of service.
  • pete
    now this is just unfair

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  • jesus
    i will only accept lindsay if she accepts my religon islam
  • ChrissyK
    So jesus, you won't accept Lindsay if she doesn't accept your religion Islam? Lot's of laughs. You must be 13 years old or less. You have a lot of growing up to do. Praise Allah........lol
  • ANNA
    You know the more I think about this, the more I understand why Lindsey was angry. In the early internet days it was Common Practice to use a nick name/alias for a variety of reasons - i.e. predators. With people like Lohan it should be understood why she feels the need to mask her identity. I have never had any other program try to Force Real Names and I have been on the net for almost 15yrs. Also, what about younger people. The police will even tell kids it is preferable not to use your real name.

    FaceCrap is really starting to piss me off. To have your account closed at any given time without warning or verification seems like just random selection/guessing. There is also the issue of FB being able to use your photos/poems/etc while posted. hmmm. Now with that said, what if they randomly shut down your account like they did with Lohan without warning before you get a chance to remove your photos/poems/etc. So, does that mean they get to use them indefinitely whenever they want because you are no longer able to extract them.
  • ChrissyK
    Hey Linds, YOU BORE ME.....
  • So jesus, you won't accept Lindsay if she doesn't accept your religion Islam? Lot's of laughs. You must be 13 years old or less. You have a lot of growing up to do. Praise Allah........lol
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