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Jeanne B
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Jeanne B asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 10 years ago

Will Yahoo! Answers have to make us use our own names now that using "false" names is a federal crime?

I heard this on the news this evening. They did not mention Yahoo! Answers by name, but did say it was now a law that we cannot misrepresent ourselves or use false names.

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    Lv 5
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Actually when yahoo speaks of misrepresentation they are talking

    about the people on here who put movie stars/cartoon character as

    their avatar and also use their names as their user names and claim

    to be them....

  • Laredo
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    I do not think it will effect this site or any online site as most of them let you choose a false name. When you join the site you have to give your correct name etc so it cannot be classed as a crime.

  • Delicious Pear
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    No, because online names through a site that has your information do not count as "false."

  • BigWally
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    It's not a false name, it's a nickname. Get it straight.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Mine is a title, not a name... Should anyone disagree, I will happily have their head.

  • saviour
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    I don't think so, it's just a username

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