Facebook reportedly disabling some Bangladeshi users’ profiles

There has been a recent surge of Facebook account suspension, especially in Bangladesh. According to local users, Facebook has been disabling accounts without any prior warnings due to insufficient personal information provided by the account owner.

Several users who reported the issue to The Daily Star have claimed that they were unable to log in to their Facebook account, with the warning that Facebook needs to verify their ID. For verification, they need to submit their NID or government-issued identification. If a mismatch is found with their NID, date of birth or age after sufficient identification has been submitted, the account remains disabled.

The first step is Facebook asking you to confirm your identity. You are logged out of your account and cannot continue until you advance to the next step.

If confirmation is not met, either via insufficient identification or mismatched information, the account gets disabled.

In the third step, after the account has been disabled, you will be given the option to contact Facebook Help Centre to resolve the issue. Facebook will also allow you to download the information that you have uploaded to your account.

Some users have reported that certain technology firms and digital agencies are taking advantage of this situation by giving unfortunate users the false promise of verifying Facebook ID and/or restoring disabled accounts.

However, such methods have proven to be ineffective as the third-party intervention will not work in cases of account suspension. The only known reports of Facebook accounts being restored were through matching NID information with the disabled account.

No official statement has been declared by Facebook regarding this issue.