Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoHow to delete your Facebook accountwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down19
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minus-squareyourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-216 hours agoI haven’t logged in to facebook for a long time and when I tried they wanted my government ID or else they wouldn’t let me into my account. I don’t want to give Facebook my ID so I’m not sure how I can delete my account without doing that.
minus-squareanytimesoon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 hours agoNot sure if this could work, but did you try using a VPN to log in from an EU country? Honestly don’t know how the GDPR might affect this, but might be worth a try
minus-squareyourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoI tried tor browser (and just made sure the exit node was in Europe) since I don’t have a vpn and it worked thank you!
I haven’t logged in to facebook for a long time and when I tried they wanted my government ID or else they wouldn’t let me into my account.
I don’t want to give Facebook my ID so I’m not sure how I can delete my account without doing that.
Not sure if this could work, but did you try using a VPN to log in from an EU country?
Honestly don’t know how the GDPR might affect this, but might be worth a try
I tried tor browser (and just made sure the exit node was in Europe) since I don’t have a vpn and it worked thank you!