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<P><STRONG><A
title="http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy
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href="http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy"
target=_blank>Google: CLG News 'does not comply with Names Policy'</A></STRONG>
by Lori Price, <A href="http://www.legitgov.org/"
target=_blank>www.legitgov.org</A> 02 Jul 2013 <STRONG><A
href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/google-nsa-secrecy-upheld/"
target=_blank>NSA buddy Google</A></STRONG> will not allow CLG News on Google+.
After receiving countless promos at from Google to set up a 'Google+' account, I
clicked to 'upgrade' to Google+. Google requested I select a different name,
even though my Gmail address -- established years ago -- is clgnews at gmail dot
com. When I declined to select another name, Google presented the option to
'click to appeal' to use CLG News as the owner for CLG News on Google+. On 28
June, I received an email from Google, which included the following
comments.</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px"><EM><STRONG>After reviewing your appeal, we have
determined that your name does not comply with the Google+ Names
Policy.</STRONG> We want users to be able to find each other using the name they
already use with their friends, family, and coworkers. For most people this is
their legal name, or some variant of it, but we recognize that this isn't always
the case, and we allow for other common names in Google+ -- specifically, those
that represent an individual with an <STRONG>established online identity with a
meaningful following</STRONG>.</EM></P>
<P>CLG News, in fact, has a HUGE and 'established online identity with a
meaningful following,' although NSA buddy Google doesn't 'see' that. Or, maybe
they do, and that's the problem... See also: <STRONG><A
title="http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember
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href="http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember"
target=_blank>NSA buddy Google wants me to change my name, declaring 'CLG News'
is 'too long' for people to remember</A></STRONG> by Lori Price 09 Dec 2012.</P>
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title="http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy
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href="http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy">http://www.legitgov.org/Google-CLG-News-does-not-comply-Names-Policy</A></P>
<P><A
title="http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember
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href="http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember">http://www.legitgov.org/NSA-buddy-Google-wants-me-change-my-name-declaring-CLG-News-too-long-people-remember</A></P>
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