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Instagram locked my account and forced me to appeal and send a picture of my face, so I sent a picture of Shrek. They deleted my account (szmer.info)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been a social media hermit for the past 3 years but recently I've given up and created a few accounts across different apps again. It's unreal how strict the requirements are now.

Give e-mail (ok)
Give phone number (.... eeh, ok)
Use the new account for a while
Account suspended, please upload selfie to continue (no thanks xi). There are also some verification promps where you have to record a video and rotate your face left to right

If this isn't a message to move to indie web I don't know what is

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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl -5 points 4 months ago

Account suspended, please upload selfie to continue (no thanks xi).

I mean, I hate Facebook as much as the next guy but...I'm pretty sure your Facebook page probably already has hundreds of photos of you, so it doesn't seem like a big ask, but it also seems like a terrible verification method...

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

I've been a social media hermit for the past 3 years but recently

I doubt that they have uploaded any kind of photos

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

They said "for the past 3 years", indicating they were using it previously.

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