I am a bona fide victim of the “Russian collusion” hoax!
When hysteria about Eastern European influences on FB started after the 2016 election, paranoia in social media hit high levels.
Just because I have a “somewhere from over there” name , FakeBook demanded that I verify my identity by giving them a scan of my ID or a passport.
Well, I had neither my real name, nor my real DOB on there — fake ones close enough that my close friends knew who I am, but no way would I ever set up a social media profile with anything real.
So, I told them to piss off, and killed my account — or just stopped trying to log in.
The way I think about it — it was their free service, so their rules. I didn’t want to play by them anymore, so i called the management and I got my money back