{"id":18167,"date":"2026-07-24T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=18167"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:23:21","slug":"facebook-verified-meta-now-wants-a-video-selfie-of-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/facebook-verified-meta-now-wants-a-video-selfie-of-your-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your Face"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way this is being coordinated with big tech megacorps is telling. And if you give detailed facial biometric data to Facebook, you get a badge signifying that you&#8217;re a good citizen. Will America comply? In Mexico people are ditching their mobile phone numbers because they won&#8217;t comply with giving up biometric data, and they&#8217;re having to push out the deadline as the cellular companies are complaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/facebook-verified-meta-now-wants-a-video-selfie-of-your-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/facebook-verified-meta-now-wants-a-video-selfie-of-your-face<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_ac565c48-8820-403b-bb65-404a7227f7a7\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meta\u2019s Facebook Verified badge requires a video selfie, part of a fast growing push to collect biometric data.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reclaimthenet.org\/2026\/07\/C7hKkQPWas34-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your Face\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Ken Macon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/en-gb\/help\/policies\/1958769918293906\/\">rolling out a badge on Facebook<\/a> that requires users to record a video of their own face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature, massively accelerating the normalization of face scanning and biometric data collection, is called Facebook Verified, and asks a user to record a short video selfie, which the company checks against the photos already on their profile to confirm a match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process is free and takes a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/the-age-verification-con\">aggressively lobbying for \u201cage verification\u201d digital ID laws<\/a>, presents the badge as a way to confirm a real person is behind an account. \u201cAs AI makes it easier to generate content, profiles, and messages,\u201d it said, it wants users \u201cto know there is a real person on the other side of a profile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The badge is open to Facebook users who are 18 or older and in good standing with Meta\u2019s Community Standards on fraud, scams, and deceptive practices, and who show \u201cno evidence of inauthentic behavior.\u201d It is not available for Pages or ProMode accounts, which limits it to personal profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a user completes the one-time check, the badge appears on Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and Profile. Meta said it plans to extend it to Feed posts over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook Verified is separate from Meta Verified, the company\u2019s paid subscription, which bundles a badge with impersonation protection and account support. Facebook Verified charges no fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta has not said how long it keeps the selfie video, where it stores it, or when it deletes it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch materials describe the match and say nothing about the video afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scan arrives the same month <a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/googles-new-recovery-option-stores-a-clip-of-your-face\">Google added a selfie-video sign-in<\/a> that records a user\u2019s face to recover a locked account. Age-check laws in several US states and in Britain already require a face or an ID scan to open some accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta is now asking hundreds of millions of Facebook users for a face scan too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook Verified is rolling out in phases, starting in select markets, and Meta plans to expand it worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way this is being coordinated with big tech megacorps is telling. And if you give detailed facial biometric data to Facebook, you get a badge signifying that you&#8217;re a good citizen. Will America comply? In Mexico people are ditching their mobile phone numbers because they won&#8217;t comply with giving up biometric data, and they&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18168,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167\/revisions\/18168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}