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Russell Nohelty
Mar 18, 2023
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Last Monday, after Facebook flagged my ad account for no reason, they signed me out of mobile, preventing me from using their code generator to sign into my account using the 2-factor authentication on their app.

I have no access to my pages or anything.

There is literally no way to get Facebook live support anymore, and they caught me in a bizarre loop that prevents me from getting a code, and the only way to get the code is to sign into Facebook where they have the code.

It's the kind of Sisyphusian feedback loop that would make the vengeful gods of old proud.

As such, I was locked out of my account, effectively hacked by the company that owns all the interactions I've built up for nearly 15 years.

Worse than locking me out, they then deleted my account, along with tens of thousands of interactions, comments, posts, etc. from my entire history on Facebook.

Locking my account pissed me off, but deleting everything I have ever posted is a bridge too far. I was once the staunchest defender o…

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