engine - 2:38 pm on Feb 16, 2012 (gmt 0)

Report: Facebook Launches Verified Accounts and Pseudonyms
[techcrunch.com]

Facebook, a service built on real names and real identities, will tomorrow start allowing prominent public figures to verify their accounts and then opt to display a preferred nickname instead of their birth name. Those with verified accounts will gain more prominent placement in Facebook’s “People To Subscribe To” suggestions.