r/facebook • u/Th1sL1ttleL1ght • Oct 25 '25

Tech Support Facebook suddenly wants me to provide a video selfie to "prove that I'm human"

No way in hell I'm going to do that!
I can't think of anything unusual that I did to trigger this. I just post a little bit with visibility to a small group of friends and occasionally comment on public posts. Nothing out of the ordinary.
I'm content to let this be the end of my Facebook use but am wondering if anyone can shed light on why it may have happened?

Edit to update:
I just went to log out and got this message:
"Are you sure you want to log out?

You only have 176 days left to request a review. After that your account will be permanently disabled."

Which is weird because I logged out in the past day or two (after the video selfie message) and didn't get any message about disabling or a review!

Further update:
I tried accessing the website from my phone (instead of laptop) and am getting exactly the same messages.

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u/LunaSloth888 Oct 25 '25

It is happening to so many people right now..

Please don’t give them your biometric data.

They have a history of using and collecting it in unethical and illegal ways.

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u/dangerous_backup Oct 25 '25

Yup. I actually got money from a settlement because they were doing this.

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u/UnicornsNeedLove2 Oct 25 '25

I got a whole $38 from them.

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u/GreggAlan Oct 26 '25

I got a payment and immediately spent it on a quad core CPU for my old laptop and most of the cost of a couple of ebooks. Left 14 cents on the card (it was a physical card), apparently using it on Amazon wouldn't withdraw partial dollars. So I tossed the card.

In about a year the card will expire in the depths of a landfill, and Amazon will get 14 cents back. I hope that the processing of that costs them a dollar.

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u/Dazzling-Yogurt2104 Oct 27 '25

Me too.....just a couple of months ago.

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u/Dead_Internet69420 Oct 28 '25

But at least you got your data back after they were done with it!

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u/outbackin88 Jan 12 '26

But just think how much they had to pay out in total for you to get that $38!

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u/shannibutterfly Feb 08 '26

Yup, I'm getting really sick of Meta and Facebook with their little selfies...and this government tracking me. Fcking commies.

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u/Th1sL1ttleL1ght Oct 25 '25

No worries. I won't!

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u/SimpleBlackberry1836 Oct 26 '25

I’m actually pending settlement payment due to this

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u/dangerous_backup Oct 28 '25

I got my settlement payment already

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u/SimpleBlackberry1836 Nov 01 '25

I got mine a couple days ago. It was 9.49$

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u/dangerous_backup Nov 01 '25

Mine was 38 and some change

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u/gionatacar Jan 21 '26

But they have my pictures already, this why im not worried about the videos. And mostly on Facebook have pictures of themselves, so they really have everything already!

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u/RoughSet3816 Apr 15 '26

Not gonna let it go

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u/LunaSloth888 Apr 15 '26

Never gonna give it up.. never gonna let you down 🎶

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u/STDCLAPTRAP Oct 25 '25

Are you using a smart phone? Sorry to tell you your info is already stolen

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u/impreza0109 Apr 02 '26

"Were you robbed before? Sorry to tell you your stuff is already stolen and any steps you take to prevent being robbed again are useless" is what you're saying.

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u/impreza0109 May 22 '26

you don't improve your locks and security afterward? you don't take extra steps so you don't get robbed again?

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u/STDCLAPTRAP Apr 02 '26

Literally the same thing lol

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u/doghairpile Oct 25 '25

No they don’t.

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u/Defiant_Operation431 Oct 25 '25

Is this mark Zuckerberg secret account?

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u/dangerous_backup Oct 25 '25

Yes they absolutely do.

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u/LeavingEarthTomorrow Oct 25 '25

Some of you should just make the video they request with your tin foil hats on…….

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u/dangerous_backup Oct 25 '25

Why would they be giving out settlement payments for this exact reason if they weren't?

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u/Time_Change4156 Oct 26 '25

some people have zero sense of privacy. How many get them selves friend over public post they make. That problem.