Facebook is asking people to submit their I.D.s to prove their accounts are real
If Facebook suspects your account may be fraudulent, they may lock it and say that to restore the account, you need to send them identification to verify that you are who you say you are. But with all the recent scandals surrounding Facebook data breaches, why would the social media platform ask for something so personal as an ID? Facebook says it would ask you to upload an id for two reasons: To confirm the account your trying to access is actually yours; or to confirm your name.
3 Jan 2019 ... Facebook says it would ask you to upload an id for two reasons: To ... of the things Group 2 suggests you send include your social security card, ...