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Facebook is changing a controversial policy that has long required users to provide real names intended to prevent fake and malicious accounts the policy recently drew fire from the LGBT community and in particular drag queens like sister Romo who were forced to add given names to their profiles we also have heard from victims of domestic violence and people who for a lot of different reasons want to protect their privacy you know something like a teacher who wants to keep their personal life separate San Francisco city supervisor David Campos and other LGBT leaders met with Facebook representatives to discuss the policy Campos told CNET that Facebook apologized for any harm the policy had caused and agreed to add a clarification allowing names that aren't necessarily legal the clash with Facebook led some users to explore other social outlets ello an invitation-only network has attracted users with more than just privacy they built the social network to be ad free they're going to charge for certain features and so it'd almost be like a toll like if you want to be able to use their mobile app you'll have to pay a couple bucks San Francisco resident Scott pando joined ello to make a statement it's important for facebook to realize that they also need there they need me as well and they need you know their LGBT people as well they're using our information to to create revenue for their own business but pando isn't using ello exclusively it's raw it's you know it's raw its buggy it's in its beta I don't really know how to use it i'm figuring it out myself but i didn't know how to use facebook when it started loz founders tell cnet facebook isn't a competitor saying quote facebook is an advertising platform ello is a social network in San Francisco I'm SI me das cnet.com for CBS News