Summary
Content is present in which an individual is misrepresenting their identity.
Action
If a journal exists primarily to impersonate, the journal will be permanently suspended.
If there is content that misrepresents the poster's identity, but the journal does not exist primarily for this purpose, access to the post will be disabled.
Note
Journals which exist as satire of, or to role-play as a public figure are considered allowable so long as the journal very clearly states that the journal author is not actually the person they are representing. This should be visible both in the journal's profile and in the journal itself (either incorporated into the style or in a future dated entry). One such disclaimer, which users in this situation are welcome to use, is:
"In creating this journal, the author has assumed another person's identity for the sole purpose of entertainment, without intending to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud either the person whose identity the author has assumed, nor any reader of this content."
Explanation
Identity theft is a serious problem, and to reduce the risk of someone claiming to be someone else and taking actions or saying things that would damage the actual person, we've chosen to forbid impersonation of other individuals on our service. We do, however, recognize that many users wish to create journals of public figures, which we've chosen to permit if it a user makes a clear, visible statement that they are not actually that person.
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