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Here is a TL;DR of the text: The author claims that he was permanently banned from all Meta products (including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp) d
by submeta 4y ago
Here is a TL;DR of the text:
The author claims that he was permanently banned from all Meta products (including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp) due to a security flaw in Facebook's password recovery system.
Despite having two-factor authentication turned on, the author believes that his email password was compromised and there is a backdoor to disable 2FA after a password reset request.
The author has tried to resolve the issue and appeal the decision with no success and has lost his personal and business accounts. The author suggests having a backup admin for your Facebook page, and he has found other instances of similar bans happening to other people.
The text ends with an update, where someone from Meta reached out to the author on Reddit to help resolve the issue.
- ajross 4y agoAlso worth pointing out that Facebook's own communication doesn't mention any such thing, and claims simply to have banned the account for content reasons. Which, given that the report here is anonymous, seems at least not implausible. There's a real name in one of the screenshots, but a quick search doesn't find any other content associated with it. Folks need to recognize that this kind of content, presented without verification, tends strongly to be one-sided and at least partly misleading.
- jcforbes 4y agoBanned for content reasons.... because somebody accessed my account and posted who-knows-what on it. Did you not see the screenshot showing a login attempt from Vietnam? What other content would you like to find with my name on it? My website, jcforbes.com (which currently has nothing on it)? You could search my name with the NC department of commerce and find my business name easily. I presented all evidence in form of screenshots... exactly what do you think I'm hiding?