Associated Press reports that Facebook has won a round in court against a German data protection regulator who was trying to block Facebook from requiring real name registration:
Schleswig-Holstein state’s data protection office had argued that the ban on fake names breaches German privacy laws and European rules designed to protect free speech online.
But a state appeals court has confirmed a lower tribunal’s ruling that German privacy laws don’t apply to Facebook because the social networking site has its European headquarters in Ireland, where privacy rules are less stringent.
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