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Can my employer force me to make a Facebook account and provide Facebook with personal information?

Long story short I'm going to be managing our companies Facebook page, which ordinarily wouldn't require me to make a Facebook account. BUT because we spend so much money on advertisements through Facebook they require me to “verify my identity” and provide sensitive documentation such as a drivers license picture or Birth certificate to prove I am who I say I am. I quit using Facebook about a decade ago, I do not want Facebook to have this information on me and I have no wish to create an account that has my personal information supplied. I'm begrudgingly making an account just to be able to reply to messages on our account but I have to verify my identity to reply to comments on our page. I am not okay with this, I feel it's a gigantic overstep of my personal identity and life outside of work to create an…


Long story short I'm going to be managing our companies Facebook page, which ordinarily wouldn't require me to make a Facebook account. BUT because we spend so much money on advertisements through Facebook they require me to “verify my identity” and provide sensitive documentation such as a drivers license picture or Birth certificate to prove I am who I say I am. I quit using Facebook about a decade ago, I do not want Facebook to have this information on me and I have no wish to create an account that has my personal information supplied. I'm begrudgingly making an account just to be able to reply to messages on our account but I have to verify my identity to reply to comments on our page. I am not okay with this, I feel it's a gigantic overstep of my personal identity and life outside of work to create an account that others can view outside of our work circle. For reference I do not use any mainstream social media platform (except reddit if you count that) and do so because of my own personal beliefs.

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