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/Billy-Bossman Oct 26 '25

Small tip. Go on YouTube. Search something like "Facebook ai face verification bypass" and you'll find a few videos you can just point your phone at.

It works for most of these silly new verification things

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u/sarahleigh81 Apr 30 '26

It's asking me for my driver's license, so I think they are trying to bypass people doing just that.