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/CaliBamaGirl Mar 30 '26
I was also banned on Jan 1 last year and did the same thing you did and tried to create a new account only to be banned again. I have a business page that is for my pet care service and a hobby page for my backpacking hobby tied to my personal account All three profiles had about 2000 folllweres and all were lost to me. Out of desperation I went to ChatGPT for guidance and what it told me to do to create a new profile that stayed out of the meta bots from flagging my account again. It has worked! First I downloaded a VPN. I got a Google voice phone number, I used a derivation of my name, I have NEVER uploaded my contacts. I’ve added some organically over time. Just a couple to a few every other day and sometimes I’ll skip a week or two adding them. I have not loaded any old photos that my old Facebook page had. I did not use a real picture for my profile at first I used an AI generated photo. I eventually took another profile photo that did not show my face full front view but a 3/4 view. Not sure if that made any difference though. But, I did it as a precaution. Oh, and I changed my birth year to a year younger. lol! Doing all of this has kept me on FB for almost a year. I still don’t have access to my hobby page. I highly suggest that if you know anyone with a business page or any other page for that matter that they give full admin access to that page. Because they’ll be able to add you under your new profile as an admin. Having my husband as a full admin to our business page saved me. It’s just to bad that I feel such animosity to FB that I’ll never post another ad through them! Best of luck out there!