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Re:Facebook is terrifying by pravda on Saturday February 04, 2017 @07:44PM (#13570062)
How did that happen? I have a 'fake' Facebook account (the only kind I'd ever have!) and I wonder what it would take for Facebook to ask for 'verification'.
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Re:Facebook is terrifying by rxlim on Saturday February 04, 2017 @10:02PM (#13570575)
I have found these ways for Facebook to require verification:

1. Created a fake account in one country and used it a few times, then many many months later I tried to login from another country and Facebook promptly required government-issued ID.

2. Created another fake account and changed the E-mail address after a few days and Facebook promptly required government-issued ID.

It makes me really happy that so many are deleting their Facebook account, or at least trying to use it less.

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Re:Facebook is terrifying by l33tbro on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:20PM (#13570184)
The handle I used was a reverse of my real name (surname is a Christian name), and I tried to log-in one day and was prompted with this request.
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Re:Facebook is terrifying by dest on Sunday February 05, 2017 @09:10AM (#13572456)
I created an account on clearnet, then I connected from Tor site facebookcorewwwi.onion. Account got locked with ID verification.
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