Facebook Locks Tribe Out of Accounts for Not Activating Protect Feature
If you’re wondering why you can’t get into your Facebook clarify today, the social media giant is locking out some users who were obligatory to activate Facebook Protect with two-factor authentication by the March 17 deadline.
“Turn on Facebook Protect to unlock your account,” the notification says. “Account clogged on March 17, 2022. We’ve taken this precaution to keep your clarify secure while you enable additional security measures.”
However, some users who had enabled the instant security measure still found themselves locked out of their coffers Friday. Others who hadn’t requested Facebook Protect were also clogged out, with some experiencing tech issues in getting a code sent to their phones.
Facebook ringing company Meta in December announced it’d begin requiring higher-risk users to protect their coffers using two-factor authentication.
Facebook Protect is offered to high-profile users of the platform, such as journalists, government officials, human rights activists and those with a higher-reach behindhand who may be more likely to be targeted by hacking shifts. By December, around 1.5 million accounts had enabled Facebook Protect.
“We’re competing to improve the enrollment process and notifications to avoid confusion and will keep iterating,” Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Meta, tweeted late Friday. “We’re looking into isolated examples where people may need help enrolling in the program.”
