Banned from Facebook after creating account

[yankees992013]

Rather large? I'd say! Wow, that's ridiculous. If they did that were I live, half the city would be unable to use the website, lol!

I been reading this post and looking for as to why Facebook does this recently. In the past Facebook never ban a user right after account creation raises questions as to possible aggressive anti-spam measures that targeting normal users. Does anyone has any insight to why Facebook doing this and what we can do to get the company which owned Facebook to stop doing this?

 

[pshufd]

I been reading this post and looking for as to why Facebook does this recently. In the past Facebook never ban a user right after account creation raises questions as to possible aggressive anti-spam measures that targeting normal users. Does anyone has any insight to why Facebook doing this and what we can do to get the company which owned Facebook to stop doing this?

I was able to get my account unlocked today by using my phone instead of me email account.

I'm pretty sure that the reason for getting kicked off a few years ago was using the Brave Browser with Tor IP redirection so that I couldn't be tracked.

 

[yankees992013]

I was able to get my account unlocked today by using my phone instead of me email account.

I'm pretty sure that the reason for getting kicked off a few years ago was using the Brave Browser with Tor IP redirection so that I couldn't be tracked.

My friend did a test and this is what happened right after account creation. This is becoming standard. As you see, there's nothing in facebook to warrant that action.

 

[rm5]

My friend did a test and this is what happened right after account creation. This is becoming standard. As you see, there's nothing in facebook to warrant that action.

Interesting to know that it might now be commonplace for this to happen. It's most definitely a bot doing the suspensions then...

 

[Iwavvns]

It's anyone's guess. Perhaps it thinks your name is fake. Such as if it is the same as some celebrity or something lewd sounding like Harry Cox or Ivana Tinkle.

Try using Mike Oxmaul.

 

[alex4331]

I been reading this post and looking for as to why Facebook does this recently. In the past Facebook never ban a user right after account creation raises questions as to possible aggressive anti-spam measures that targeting normal users. Does anyone has any insight to why Facebook doing this and what we can do to get the company which owned Facebook to stop doing this?

how about sueing facebook

 

[xJustxMegx]

how about sueing facebook

You aren't going to win that.

 

[icanhazmac]

how about sueing facebook

First post used to necro a thread peacefully resting for a year?

What would you sue Meta for? Be specific.

 

[s_e_n_t_i_n_e_l]

So, after being convinced by several people, I decided to join Facebook. I have no idea what I was even going to do with it, but I figured it'd be good to have. So I created an account and entered in all my information, but when I clicked "Create account," it was immediately suspended/banned. I never once saw the homepage or anything like that—I clicked create, and it popped up with a message saying my account had been suspended, and I could appeal the decision. So I appealed the decision and am still waiting on a response. The message in the attached screenshot is what now shows when I try to sign in.

My question is, why did this happen? I want to reiterate that never did I once see the homepage or anything. Immediately after I hit create account, it said that my account was banned. Anyone know what the heck is happening? How could I have broken the rules without even having been on the platform? Is there context I'm missing?

I have spent years deliberately avoiding Facebook, Instagram, Google, and any other data-hungry tech giant with a proven track record of treating privacy like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Surveillance scandals? Lawsuits over data trading? No, thank you. I kept my digital footprint as small as possible.

But then, life happened. I needed a place to sell some stuff online, and a few well-meaning friends convinced me that Facebook Marketplace was the way to go. Against my better judgment, I caved.

I took every precaution—entered my details, enabled two-factor authentication, and meticulously set every privacy option to “Only Me” in a desperate attempt to keep my data from being scattered across the internet like confetti. I was finally ready to post my first ad.

Then—BANG! Account suspended. Reason? Apparently, I had used my account for threatening purposes to harm humanity.

Yep. You read that right.

Either my email address is a national security threat, or my surname is on some secret blacklist reserved for supervillains. I don’t know. But suddenly, I was being treated like I had just declared war on the entire planet.

No problem, I thought. There’s an appeal button! Surely, the all-powerful overlords of Facebook would review my case fairly. I clicked it, half-expecting Mark Zuckerberg himself to pop up in a digital courtroom, gavel in hand, ready to determine my fate.

Instead, I was hit with this delightful message:

“We need to take a selfie of you to prove that it’s you. Turn your camera on and spin your head 360 degrees.”

Yep. You read that right.

This wasn’t just a selfie request. It was full-on surveillance-level biometric scanning, the kind of stuff you’d expect from a dystopian sci-fi movie. The process felt eerily similar to Apple’s Face ID scan—except, you know, this wasn’t for unlocking my phone. It was just to prove that I, a mere mortal trying to sell some used items online, was not, in fact, a global threat.

Here’s where it gets really interesting.

Like any privacy-conscious human being, I keep my webcam covered unless I’m actively using it. So, imagine my surprise when Facebook somehow turned it on despite my settings blocking all incoming connections.

That’s right. The almighty Facebook—paragon of ethical data practices—managed to bypass my device’s security and attempt a facial scan. Good news for me? They saw nothing but a solid black screen.

But let’s reflect on this for a moment:

My name, surname, and email address are apparently as dangerous as an atomic bomb.
Facebook’s sneaky enforcement of biometric data collection, on the other hand, is completely normal and not at all a concern for human rights or privacy.

Yeah, this all makes perfect sense.

Moral of the story, stay hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from Facebook and its charming little ecosystem of surveillance capitalism. You will be just fine.

 

[pshufd]

I have spent years deliberately avoiding Facebook, Instagram, Google, and any other data-hungry tech giant with a proven track record of treating privacy like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Surveillance scandals? Lawsuits over data trading? No, thank you. I kept my digital footprint as small as possible.

But then, life happened. I needed a place to sell some stuff online, and a few well-meaning friends convinced me that Facebook Marketplace was the way to go. Against my better judgment, I caved.

I took every precaution—entered my details, enabled two-factor authentication, and meticulously set every privacy option to “Only Me” in a desperate attempt to keep my data from being scattered across the internet like confetti. I was finally ready to post my first ad.

Then—BANG! Account suspended. Reason? Apparently, I had used my account for threatening purposes to harm humanity.

Yep. You read that right.

Either my email address is a national security threat, or my surname is on some secret blacklist reserved for supervillains. I don’t know. But suddenly, I was being treated like I had just declared war on the entire planet.

No problem, I thought. There’s an appeal button! Surely, the all-powerful overlords of Facebook would review my case fairly. I clicked it, half-expecting Mark Zuckerberg himself to pop up in a digital courtroom, gavel in hand, ready to determine my fate.

Instead, I was hit with this delightful message:

“We need to take a selfie of you to prove that it’s you. Turn your camera on and spin your head 360 degrees.”

Yep. You read that right.

This wasn’t just a selfie request. It was full-on surveillance-level biometric scanning, the kind of stuff you’d expect from a dystopian sci-fi movie. The process felt eerily similar to Apple’s Face ID scan—except, you know, this wasn’t for unlocking my phone. It was just to prove that I, a mere mortal trying to sell some used items online, was not, in fact, a global threat.

Here’s where it gets really interesting.

Like any privacy-conscious human being, I keep my webcam covered unless I’m actively using it. So, imagine my surprise when Facebook somehow turned it on despite my settings blocking all incoming connections.

That’s right. The almighty Facebook—paragon of ethical data practices—managed to bypass my device’s security and attempt a facial scan. Good news for me? They saw nothing but a solid black screen.

But let’s reflect on this for a moment:

My name, surname, and email address are apparently as dangerous as an atomic bomb.
Facebook’s sneaky enforcement of biometric data collection, on the other hand, is completely normal and not at all a concern for human rights or privacy.

Yeah, this all makes perfect sense.

Moral of the story, stay hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from Facebook and its charming little ecosystem of surveillance capitalism. You will be just fine.

I buy and sell used gear on Craigslist. If Facebook keeps kicking me out, then I'll just find another way.

They must have tons of compliant customers to be making so much money willingly giving away their privacy data.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I have spent years deliberately avoiding Facebook, Instagram, Google, and any other data-hungry tech giant with a proven track record of treating privacy like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Surveillance scandals? Lawsuits over data trading? No, thank you. I kept my digital footprint as small as possible.

But then, life happened. I needed a place to sell some stuff online, and a few well-meaning friends convinced me that Facebook Marketplace was the way to go. Against my better judgment, I caved.

I took every precaution—entered my details, enabled two-factor authentication, and meticulously set every privacy option to “Only Me” in a desperate attempt to keep my data from being scattered across the internet like confetti. I was finally ready to post my first ad.

Then—BANG! Account suspended. Reason? Apparently, I had used my account for threatening purposes to harm humanity.

Yep. You read that right.

Either my email address is a national security threat, or my surname is on some secret blacklist reserved for supervillains. I don’t know. But suddenly, I was being treated like I had just declared war on the entire planet.

No problem, I thought. There’s an appeal button! Surely, the all-powerful overlords of Facebook would review my case fairly. I clicked it, half-expecting Mark Zuckerberg himself to pop up in a digital courtroom, gavel in hand, ready to determine my fate.

Instead, I was hit with this delightful message:

“We need to take a selfie of you to prove that it’s you. Turn your camera on and spin your head 360 degrees.”

Yep. You read that right.

This wasn’t just a selfie request. It was full-on surveillance-level biometric scanning, the kind of stuff you’d expect from a dystopian sci-fi movie. The process felt eerily similar to Apple’s Face ID scan—except, you know, this wasn’t for unlocking my phone. It was just to prove that I, a mere mortal trying to sell some used items online, was not, in fact, a global threat.

Here’s where it gets really interesting.

Like any privacy-conscious human being, I keep my webcam covered unless I’m actively using it. So, imagine my surprise when Facebook somehow turned it on despite my settings blocking all incoming connections.

That’s right. The almighty Facebook—paragon of ethical data practices—managed to bypass my device’s security and attempt a facial scan. Good news for me? They saw nothing but a solid black screen.

But let’s reflect on this for a moment:

My name, surname, and email address are apparently as dangerous as an atomic bomb.
Facebook’s sneaky enforcement of biometric data collection, on the other hand, is completely normal and not at all a concern for human rights or privacy.

Yeah, this all makes perfect sense.

Moral of the story, stay hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from Facebook and its charming little ecosystem of surveillance capitalism. You will be just fine.

Was your device a Mac or windows machine?
Either way that sucks and I’m glad I never joined in the first place.

 

[cjsuk]

This sounds too familiar.

An ex girlfriend persuaded me to sign up for Instagram about 3 years back. The end game was misery and then they auto deleted my account for a violation I never understood. I posted only photography related stuff of no untoward stuff. And blam, one morning it was all gone.

That was my first and last experience with social media past the odd forum like this one. I sat there, as I do like the luddite I am, with a pen and paper and wrote down my experience, thoughts and opinions on the matter. The result was a complete and utter unconditional rejection of the entire concept and involvement in it.

My technology specific friendship group covers ages about 28-60. We use IRC (private server) and email for communications like it's 1999 again. And it's refreshing as you can metaphorically put pen to paper without needing to consider that the overseer of the technology can decide to erase everything that you are and have ever done and cut you off from everyone you know in an instant without any recourse.

The sooner this ideological social media approach dies the better.

 

[icanhazmac]

I have spent years deliberately avoiding Facebook, Instagram, Google, and any other data-hungry tech giant with a proven track record of treating privacy like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Surveillance scandals? Lawsuits over data trading? No, thank you. I kept my digital footprint as small as possible.

Yet you create an account on a Mac/Apple site to vent about this? LOL.

This poor thread keeps getting awakened by fake accounts, just let it rest.