Facebook, the epitome of data protection, now requires users to send over copies of their driver’s licenses when locked out of their account.It seems like a decent step, except when it comes to the estimated 2.4 percent of active accounts dedicated to people’s pets.That’s roughly 22.9 million profiles, according to CNN.33-year-old Emily Doucet posted a tweet explaining that she’d been locked out of her dog’s Facebook account.and was told by the social media platform that she could not regain access until she presented a valid driver’s license — for her dog.Doucet is not too bothered by it, but told the outlet she was amused by several of the responses to her now-viral tweet.One person even shared a very similar story — with a chaotic twist."...my boss needed a FB account to create our official business page.
Rightfully wary of the FB overlords, she signed her dog up.
That was 16 years ago"."The dog is now long dead, & we got locked out of the account in February"."So we’re having to admit to literal famous people that no, they cannot go live on our FB account" ."because it’s owned by a dead dog who does not have a birth certificate & FB thinks we’re lying"