Melisa: Here’s a tough one—Why did Facebook lock my account immediately after signup, or even on my regular account? And why are they asking for a government ID or selfie for verification?

Getting locked out right after you sign up—or out of nowhere—is frustrating. Why does Facebook do this, and how can you unlock your account?

Drake: This often happens if Facebook's algorithm suspects suspicious activity. And therefore they lock your account and ask you to submit the requested information, like a government ID or selfie. The whole verification process takes a few days to resolve, in which they decide if they would unlock your account or not. If you are not comfortable sharing such senstive documents with them, then just forget about facebook. Because they will most likely would not activate your account unless you provide those documents, and there is no proper facebook support where you can ask for some assistance, so you know, just move on, try to create another account maybe or just forget about facebook, you know.