A German regulator has ruled against Facebook Inc. (FB) in a dispute about the company's requirement that users sign up with their real names, Bloomberg News and Reuters reported Tuesday.

The regulator said Facebook can't unilaterally change user names to real names, according to the reports.

Full story at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-28/facebook-ordered-by-hamburg-regulator-to-allow-pseudonyms and http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/facebook-germany-pseudonyms-idUSL1N1081HQ20150728

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