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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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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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[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 39 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Maybe for app banking app (and even...), it could be understanding but for instagram, NEVER! Even for security reason... Bro they don't care about anything on their network, allow soft porn and all that kind of stuff. And after all of that they are going to come to say that it is for security reasons 😂 Stay on the "libre" web, Lemmy is a great start! 👌

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I've only done it on government websites because I had to

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

And government website already know who you are

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

i mean, unless the bank already knows what you look like or could cross reference with an existing id photo, i cant see how it would be any more secure.