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Re:Personal Reason for Hating Facebook (2015) by wyager on Sunday March 25, 2018 @09:52PM (#16675978)
> Last I checked it needs a valid email address, name, and password.

I’ve had friends have to submit government ID to prove that they were using their real name.

Re:Personal Reason for Hating Facebook (2015) by protomyth on Sunday March 25, 2018 @10:07PM (#16676053)
Why is wyager getting down voted? This is not uncommon given that people with certain types of last names (e.g. Yellow Horse) are targeted and then need to prove who they are. I cannot confidently say they don't keep the id given the whole phone call revelations of the last week.