<s>
A	O
real-name	B-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
a	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
register	O
an	O
account	O
on	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
website	O
or	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
using	O
their	O
legal	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-name	B-Application
systems	I-Application
are	O
employed	O
on	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Quora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27th	O
of	O
January	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
highest	O
court	O
in	O
civil	O
matters	O
,	O
the	O
,	O
decided	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
’s	O
ban	O
of	O
pseudonyms	O
is	O
illegal	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
registered	O
before	O
GDPR	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
proposal	O
to	O
introduce	O
internet	O
real-name	B-Application
system	I-Application
which	O
similar	O
to	O
China	O
one	O
's	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Digital	O
Minister	O
Taro	O
Kono	O
and	O
he	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
we	O
first	O
use	O
the	O
phone	O
number	O
card	O
for	O
authentication	O
when	O
creating	O
accounts	O
for	O
various	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
social	O
networking	O
services	O
,	O
we	O
can	O
ensure	O
that	O
age	O
restrictions	O
are	O
strictly	O
observed	O
,	O
so	O
I	O
think	O
the	O
phone	O
number	O
card	O
will	O
be	O
useful	O
in	O
this	O
area	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
Korea	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
country	O
to	O
put	O
an	O
internet	O
real-name	B-Application
system	I-Application
into	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
Koreans	O
have	O
been	O
familiar	O
with	O
offline	O
real-name	B-Application
systems	I-Application
since	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
when	O
legislation	O
was	O
introduced	O
that	O
required	O
a	O
real	O
name	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
property	O
and	O
financial	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
hackers	O
accessed	O
the	O
databases	O
for	O
the	B-Application
real-name	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
obtaining	O
the	O
registration	O
numbers	O
of	O
35	O
million	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Constitutional	O
Court	O
of	O
Korea	O
ruled	O
unanimously	O
that	O
the	O
real-name	O
requirements	O
imposed	O
on	O
portal	O
service	O
providers	O
were	O
unconstitutional	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
this	O
violates	O
freedom	O
of	O
speech	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chinese	O
government	O
in	O
2011	O
promulgated	O
its	O
Regulations	O
on	O
the	O
Development	O
and	O
Management	O
of	O
microblogging	B-Application
,	O
which	O
stated	O
that	O
microblogging	B-Application
sites	O
should	O
ensure	O
users	O
were	O
registered	O
under	O
their	O
real	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
microblogging	B-Application
sites	O
like	O
Sina	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
,	O
163	O
and	O
Sohu	O
agreed	O
to	O
put	O
real	O
name	O
systems	O
into	O
practice	O
by	O
16	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enforcement	O
of	O
real-name	B-Application
systems	I-Application
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
conflicts	O
known	O
as	O
nymwars	O
,	O
which	O
raised	O
issues	O
regarding	O
naming	O
,	O
cultural	O
sensitivity	O
,	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
identity	O
,	O
privacy	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
social	O
media	O
in	O
modern	O
discourse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	O
previously	O
introduced	O
a	O
real-name	O
policy	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
requiring	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
real	O
names	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
Google+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
employs	O
a	O
real-name	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
online	O
Name	O
Policy	O
states	O
:	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
is	O
a	O
community	O
where	O
people	O
use	O
their	O
real	O
identities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
first	O
users	O
were	O
university	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
real	O
names	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
quality	O
and	O
quantity	O
of	O
information	O
Facebook	B-Application
has	O
about	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
became	O
an	O
identity	O
service	O
by	O
encouraging	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
lives	O
,	O
including	O
their	O
real	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
technology	O
journalist	O
for	O
,	O
states	O
that	O
some	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
users	I-Application
opt	O
to	O
use	O
pseudonyms	O
to	O
hide	O
from	O
stalkers	O
,	O
abusive	O
exes	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
governments	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
condone	O
free	O
speech.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
social	O
networking	O
site	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
real-names	O
for	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
former	O
CEO	B-Application
Dick	O
Costolo	O
Twitter	B-Application
does	O
not	O
care	O
about	O
real	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
verifies	O
accounts	O
of	O
prominent	O
users	O
such	O
as	O
celebrities	O
and	O
businesses	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
protect	O
them	O
against	O
identity	O
theft/fraud	O
.	O
</s>
