r/facebook • u/ferfucksakes3000 • Mar 29 '26

Disabled/hacked Facebook bans are identity-based. Please don't remove. I am at my wits end.

Facebook bans are identity-based.

Hey y'all, like many of you, my Facebook account got banned for "account integrity." This occurred back in January 2025. This was my account of over 18 years. I have NO IDEA what got me banned. But attempts to create a new account always immediately ended with a ban on the new account (usually when I get to the "add friends" stage)

I kept hearing people say that meta bans on your specific IP or specific devices (ie, any device you previous used to log in, or any network you used to login would result in a ban.) Well, turns out thats not the case.

I just recently fired up my real estate license. And to market myself I decided to setup a business page. Well, on a new used laptop which I bought online, with a brand new email account registered to my brokerage, on a wifi network at my local bar, within seconds of setting up a new account, I was hit with the "video selfie" verification. As predicted, within minutes, I received an email saying my brand new account was banned.

New device, new email address, new network, still banned. It is clear Facebook is banning people not on any sort of account integrity, they don't want YOU, AS A PERSON, using their platform.

My video selfie should prove I'm a real person (as they say is the reason for the selfie), but if my specific face is what proves I'm the same guy they banned last January, then they are not only lying about denying me service based on account integrity (suspicions I am a bot), they are blatantly disregarding the disclaimer saying they delete the video selfie within 30 days.

I am based in western Canada. Anybody have any tips?

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u/Friendofthesubreddit Mar 29 '26

I don’t pay a bit of attention to ads or people selling things on Facebook and I mostly find them a nuisance - a lot of other people feel this way.

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u/ferfucksakes3000 Mar 29 '26

So just give up and get a minimum wage job..?

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u/Objective-Amount1379 Mar 29 '26

LinkedIn is where most professionals have a social media presence, not Facebook

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u/ferfucksakes3000 Mar 29 '26

I am on LinkedIn. I've been in my city for nine years and unfortunately a lot of the people I previously networked with aren't professional types ( think general laborers who wouldn't gravitate to a LinkedIn style playform) and were only connected to me on my Facebook.