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How to Contact Facebook?
Table of Contents

How to contact Facebook? What is Facebook contact?
How to contact Facebook assistance and customer support?
How can I contact Facebook team, staff and administration?
How to contact Facebook directly?
How to contact Facebook for a problem, if i need help or to report an abuse on Facebook?
How to contact Facebook if my account has been hacked or stolen?
How to contact Facebook in urgency in case of emergency, harassment, usurpation of identity, complaints or death ? What to do when my account or page has been suspended, blocked, disabled, banned?
Who to contact if i have lost your password, if i can’t access your account or my profile or if my photos or videos have disappeared or have been simply deleted?
How to contact Facebook to delete my account?
How to call Facebook? How to write to Facebook?
What are Facebook contacts, emails, phone numbers and addresses?
There are many ways to contact Facebook.
Here is a list of the Facebook emails, contact forms, fax, chats and Facebook phone numbers + all the useful (and available) contact information related to Facebook customer support, customer service, technical support, support for ads and business

First of all, be sure to check that the answer to your question can not be simply found :
1. In the Support space
2. In the FAQ / Help Center or
3. In the comminute where you will (sometimes) have answers from other users
4. In the list of Facebook contact forms to report problems, issues and bugs or
5. In the Facebook Safety Center for all questions about security, threats, harassment

Contact Facebook by email

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Contact for financial issues (problems, refund / repayment of Facebook credit): platformcs@support.facebook.com
Contact for Press service / Facebook PR: press@fb.com
Contact for problems related to advertising: advertise@fb.com
Contact for problems related to intellectual property : ip@fb.com
Contact for legal department : records@facebook.com
Contact to ask for your personal data : datarequests@fb.com
Contact if you are a designer / artist / illustrator and want to show your creations for the stickers marketplace and Facebook messenger chat : stickers@fb.com
In most cases, you will receive automatic answers to your questions.
However in case of dispute or suspension of your account, contacting Facebook by email is a must do to get an answer.

Support for Businesses (advertising)

The site dedicated for businesses on Facebook can be found here
Specific ressources for businesses are available here
Contact the support by email using this form
If you are a business, a brand or an agency with a large advertising budget: you can have direct support from your account manager with whom you will be able to discuss, chat and email
For SMEs : Facebook has a chat service for all questions related to advertising on Facebook.

Get an answer from Facebook

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Get a real answer to your questions requires to take different paths :
1. Use Facebook official pages : they will sometimes be able to answer or to show you the right process to find a solution
2. Use specific forms for your requests and questions : you’ll find them after this paragraph
3. If you don’t get any answer, write a letter with the support of a lawyer : addresses are at the end of this guide
4. Finally, for serious problems (harassment, violence…), don’t wait for an answer from Facebook. Go directly to the police.

Contact Facebook with email forms

– If you have questions concerning the Facebook privacy policy (deactivating or deleting an account, requesting something be removed from Facebook for privacy law reasons, requesting a copy of their personal data)
– If you have questions concerning the Facebook data use policy
– For legal inquiries (law enforcement officials seeking records from Facebook, privacy information and troubleshooting tips, information on how to report abuse, general safety information)

When to try to contact Facebook by email or using a contact form, describe your problem with details, give the email address of your account, the useful links. Make sure Facebook won’t need more than one email to answer your question.

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Registration problem

Problem concerning the username

– If you have problems registering because of your name (my name wasn’t accepted) (form only accessible if you are not logged in)
– For every question concerning usernames (questions about usernames, How do I change my username? Why is the username I want not available? I have an inquiry related to usernames)

Email address problem

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– If your email address is already used by another Facebook account or user (email address already in use)
– If your email address is considered as invalid (invalid email address error)

Problems concerning the identity of your account

– To confirm your identity and confirm that your Facebook account is your personal account (confirm your identity)
– Si Facebook wants to be sure your account is your personal account, thinks you are a fake profile and wants you to confirm your identity and the authenticity of your account (provide a copy of of your government-issued, photo ID. Must be government-issued (ex: passport, driver’s license), clearly show your name, picture, and birthday, be in color).
– Si Facebook wants you to confirm your identity with an ID

Problems concerning the confirmation and validation of your account

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– If you want to confirm your account or if you are having trouble confirming your account (report an issue with confirming your Facebook account, if you’re having trouble receiving your confirmation code via SMS, you didn’t receive a confirmation email, got an error using the confirmation email, need to reactivate my existing account).
– If you have not received the confirmation email
– If your email address is already taken by a Facebook account
– If you want to connect to your Facebook account but never received your security code (login approvals code issue)
– If you can’t verify your Facebook account with your mobile phone (report an issue with verifying your account, wrong mobile number, text message not received, message “That phone was recently used to verify another account” or “You have reached your code limit”)
– If you phone number is not recognized by Facebook
– If your phone number is already taken when you try to verify your Facebook account (can’t create a Facebook account because phone number already taken by you or another user) (form only accessible if you are not logged in)
– If you can’t import your contacts from your email accounts (Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Gmail, Outlook…) (wrong password when importing contacts, If you’re having trouble with the contact importer)

Connection problem

– If you can’t find your account, have lost or forgotten your password or simply don’t have access to your email login (find your account by email, phone, username or full name on this link and find how to identify your account when you can’t)
– If you want to reset your password (when you are logged in)
– If you want to reset your password (when you are not logged in)
– If you are regularly logged out from Facebook (logout problems)
– If Instagram logs you out from your account every time you leave the application (requiring login every time)
– If you are having trouble logging in to your Facebook account due to security checks (security checks preventing login)
– If you can’t log in to your Facebook account because you don’t receive your security codes (login approvals code issues)
– If you want to report a bug concerning the connection to your account (you’re having trouble logging in or with your password)
– If a “Must Log In” message is displayed whereas you are actually logged in

Deactivated account, blocked account, suspended account

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– If your account has been locked (locked account in case of suspicion of spam or if your posts are too frequent, in case of presumption of account managed by an underage person, if you are member of 200 groups and has more than 5000 friends…)
– If your account has been disabled or deactivated because you are less than 13 year old (Facebook requires all members to be at least 13 years old)
– If your account has been deactivate because of multiple accounts (Facebook allows only one account per person)
– If your account has been disabled or deactivated for inegibility (ineligible account). A second form is available and a third one
– If your account has been deactivated for security reasons (disabled account, security disabled)
– If your account has been blocked because your first name and last name are not real (your timeline doesn’t show your real name, special characters, religious and professional titles such as “Doctor” are forbidden, capital letters and “not natural” punctuation are not allowed in usernames)
– If your personal account has been suspended or blocked by error
– To make an appeal if your Facebook account has been suspended or closed and to reactivate your account (disabled account appeal). A second form is available
– If you have lost your contents, photos or videos during the reactivation of your account (report content lost during reactivation)
– If you are trying to access Facebook from an IP address that’s associated with a misconfigured Internet Service Provider or abusive behavior and you think this is an error

Your Facebook account has been hacked

– If your account has been hacked + Follow the Facebook Security and the Facebook Safety fanpages to be informed and report security problems

Modifications on your account

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– If you want to modify your name, for example if your marital status changes, or if you have problems when changing your name
– If you want to change your language-specific name (so Facebook can confirm that your language-specific name is your real name)
– If you want to update your personal information for a better security
– If you can’t change profile picture (can’t change your photo)

Report a bug or a problem

– If you want to find all the Facebook contact forms to report bugs or report a bug to Facebook
– If you want to report a bug to Facebook (if you’re seeing an error message while browsing Facebook)
– If you want to report a “Page Unavailable” error (page unavailable message)
– If Facebook “protected you from a malicious site” and if you think they made a mistake by blocking your page
– If you want to report a bug or an issue on the home page or news feed on Facebook
– If you want to report a bug regarding the friend requests on Facebook (you have been blocked for example)
– If you want to report an issue with search on Facebook (you are having trouble with search or found a bug on Graph Search)
– If you want to report an issue with Facebook mobile (bug when using Facebook on your mobile device : mobile upload, mobile texts, mobile web, account verification)
– If your friends seem disconnected from the chat whereas they are online (your friends are appearing off chat even though they have turned it on / chat appears turned off for friends)
– If you can’t find a friend or a person (if you can’t find someone when you search for them)
– If you want to report an issue with Facebook Notes (problem with the import tool, getting multiple copies of the same note)

Report a problem concerning the Timeline / Wall / News Feed

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– If your wall is full of ad banners (ads overflowing onto your timeline)

Report a problem concerning the photos and videos

– If you want to report an issue, a bug, a problem with photos or simple to give feedback or report that something is broken
– To request the removal of a photo (to report a photo that you believe violates your privacy rights : your rights, child’s rights or in behalf of another adult). A second form is available, a third one and a fourth one here
– To request the removal of a video (remove or delete a video violating your rights or in behalf of an another adult user or a child). A second form is available
– If you want to report an issue with videos (bug or problem on videos)
– If you want to report an issue with video playback (bug or problem on videos playback)
– If you want to report an issue with webcam videos on Facebook (bug or problem when recording a video with your webcam)

– If you want to request the removal and deletion of photos and videos published on Instagram

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Report a problem concerning Facebook Mobile

– If you’re having trouble receiving the confirmation text message (SMS) on your mobile phone during your registration on Facebook (confirmation code not sent on your phone or problem with your mobile carrier)
– If you want to report an issue with Facebook on Mobile (you are having trouble with Facebook mobile, issues while using Facebook on your mobile device, problem with account verification, mobile upload, mobile texts, mobile web)
– If you want to report an issue with texts / SMS on Facebook (problem activating text messages, sending text messages, receiving text messages)

Send suggestions and feedbacks

If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Facebook in general
– If you want to make suggestions and feedback about Friendship Pages
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Promoted Pages Likes (you want to report an issue with Promoted Page Likes or you have feedback about these pages)
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Page Post Targeting
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Friend requests (if you’ve been blocked from sending friend requests or because people you requested as friends indicated that they don’t know you)
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Profile connections
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Facebook Mobile
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about “Facebook for Every Phone”
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about the Help Center
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Page Insights
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Home Page
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Privacy Settings
– If you want to make suggestions and feedbacks about Accessibility for People with Disabilities (issues specific to accessibility on Facebook and assistive technology, if you have a problem with Facebook’s accessibility for people with disabilities – problem with Dragon Naturally Speaking, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, Window-Eyes – or have suggestions for a new accessibility feature or product)
– If you want to request the translation of Platform Policy Checklist in a new language

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Delete your accout on Facebook / unregistration

– If you want to
delete your profile picture displayed on Facebook connection page

To close the account of a deceased, sick or handicaped

– If you want to report a deceased person’s profile and delete the profile or activate the Memorial mode (memorialize account)
– To request content, photos and videos from a deceased person’s account
– For special request for deceased person’s account (removal of a deceased person’s account or memorialization special requests)
– If your account has been “memorialized” by error (when you are not logged in)
– To close a Facebook account and request the removal of a page for someone Sick, Injured or Incapacitated

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Report an infraction

– If you want to report a violation (Violation of the Facebook terms, Facebook hacked account, someone pretending to be me, someone is using my email address for his Facebook account, someone is using photos of my children without my permission, someone violates my rights, report that a child is registered on Facebook, someone is threatening me to share things i want to keep private, report an abuse, harassment or bullying, report pornography)
– If you want to report nudity or pornography on Facebook
– If you want to report an infringement by an App (violation from a Facebook application)

Report a violation of privacy

– If you want to report a privacy rights violation (photo or video with potential violations of a user’s privacy rights)

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Report an impostor

– If you think someone may have used your Facebook account without your permission
– If you want to report someone that is pretending to be you or someone you know (impostor : someone is using my email address on their account, someone created an account for my business or organization, someone created an account pretending to be me or a friend) (when you are not logged in)
– If you want to report a High-Priority impostor account
– If an account on Facebook is pretending to be you and want to request a copy of the data of the impostor

Report phishing or scams

– If you want to report a “Please send money” scam (victim of phishing, money transfer scam, sharebaiting, clickjacking, malware, malicious applications)

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Report a problem concerning a person in danger

– To report a convicted sex offender on Facebook
– To report an inmate (someone incarcereted in prison) (only taking into account reports from official members of law enforcement)
– To report a suicide attempt on Facebook (or report content, photo, video, comment related to a direct threat of suicide)
– To report human trafficking on Facebook (to report people recruiting, transporting, providing, obtaining or harboring people for the purpose of exploiting them)
– To report blackmail on Facebook (if someone is threatening to share private information about you, asking you to send them money)
– To report a missing person or runaway on Facebook (if you or someone you know may be in danger)

Report a problem concerning a child

– To report an underage child on Facebook (child under the age of 13 using Facebook)
– If you want to request your child’s data (child data request)
– If your need help to change your child’s setting for pairing their name with Facebook ads (need help with your child’s ads settings)

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Report a problem concerning copyrights or violation of intellectual property

– If you want to report the infringement of your rights (violation of your intellectual property, author rights, protection of your brand, impostor account, impostor page, hacked account, abuse and harassment, ^pages and groups admin issues, privacy rights, functionnality issues, infringement of usernames and web addresses…)
– If you want to make a report about problems concerning your trademark (you have lost access to a group or Page, a fake account is pretending to be your brand or company, you found a content which violates your copyright, your trademark or any legal right, your account has been hacked, you want to claim a Page for your business…). A second form is available and a third one.
– If your content was removed due to a complaint of trademark infringement and you believe it should not have been removed.

Problems on your Facebook page

– If you want to ask for the “verified account badge” for businesses and brands pages to display the “check” icon on your page

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– If you’re having an issue creating a Facebook page (“something went wrong” message, “please enter a city/state” error message, “please enter a valid phone number” error message, I can’t create a new page with my business account, my confirmation code doesn’t work, issues with creating a Facebook page)
– To confirm your Facebook page account with your ID card (for page admins who were not able to complete their security check online)

– If you want to report an issue with your Facebook Pages (i’m having problems with my Facebook page)
– If your Facebook page has been suspended or deactivated
– If you want to change the custom URL of your Facebook page
– If you want to change the name of your Facebook page, enter this URL customized with your page ids (also findable in the “About” section of your Facebook page) : https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/375203849167025?pageid=[ID number of your page]&currentname=[Name of your page]
– If your Facebook page is not displayed in the search results
– If your page has been wrongly categorized as “Community page”
– If get a
– If you want to merge two pages (duplicate pages) without losing your fans.

Support for the Facebook Ads

– To contact the Facebook Ads Support Center
– If you want to report a Facebook ad that violates the Facebook guidelines (like inappropriate ads) or your intellectual property
– If you have questions about ads billing (ads billing inquiry about specific charges, about ad management, coupons and payment methods)
– If you need tips about Facebook ads (get support and advice about costs and payment methods, ad’s performance, insights and analytics tools, success stories, disapproved ads, if you need help to create your Facebook ads, to modify your ads, to pause your campaigns and delete an ad, to define your budget and to optimize your Facebook ads, to understand your ROI)
– If you need help and advice to schedule and deliver your Facebook ads (i have zero impressions, i have few clicks, i have few impressions, i can’t find my ads, i dont know how ad delivery and ad auction work, i can’t schedule my ads and my campaigns)
– If you need help with your ad report (how do I access my Facebook reports? How do i export my Facebook reports? How do I schedule my Facebook reports? What are the different report types? How can I use my reports to improve my advertising or marketing strategy on Facebook?)
– If you are a media agency, an advertiser, a tool developer and you can’t access to the Facebook Ads API

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Report a problem concerning the Facebook advertising program

– If your Facebook ads are waiting for review for too long (“pending review”)
– If you encounter technical problems concerning your Facebook ads (trouble using Facebook ads)

Report a problem concerning the payments on Facebook

– To contact the Facebook Payments Support (I did not receive the item that I paid for, I received the wrong item, currency package or subscription, I completed a charge by accident, I was charged multiple times for one item, I would like to dispute charges from Facebook on my credit card billing statement that I didn’t make, I’m having a problem completing a purchase, I have a problem with my Credit Car,d PayPal, Mobile Phone, Trialpay, Gift Card or Local Payment Methods)
– To request a dispute survey (There were charges made on your account that have been disputed by the cardholder who has claimed that the charges were unauthorized)
– If your payments have been disabled or blocked
– To request an access to the Facebook payment system as a developer (developer payout registration)

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Report a problem concerning the Facebook credits

– To contact the Facebook Credits Support Center (report unauthorized PayPal charges, get Facebook payments support if you have a payment issue with games ad gifts, promoted posts, shutterfly purchases)
– To contact the Facebook Credits Support Center and report charges
– To contact the Facebook Credits Support Center and report unauthorized charges (credit card and PayPal)

Participate or report a problem concerning the Facebook gifts

– To contact the Facebook Gifts Support Center (Facebook gifts support if you have a problem with sending or receiving a Facebook Gift)
– To contact the Merchant Services (payment issues, questions and bugs)
– If you are a Merchant and want to participate to the Facebook Gifts Program (Merchant Interest Form)
– If you want to offer “Facebook Gifts” to reward your users in a Facebook application or a Mobile application (Prize Promotion App Authorization Request)

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Partnerships with Facebook

– If you are a mobile carrier / mobile OEM interested in partnering with Facebook Home
– If you are a mobile operator / mobile carrier and want to access the mobile partners portal (or if you are already registered but can’t access the portal)

Share your success story with Facebook

– To share your story your success story with Facebook (business case)

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How to request access to your personal data on Facebook

Click on this page to request access to your personal data on Facebook

You might be asked:
– Your personal data (name, date of birth, address, phone number, URL of your profile)
– The law justifying your request: « Section 4 DPA + Art. 12 Directive 95/46/EG »
– A copy of your ID

You can send your request at datarequests@fb.com
EDIT : It seems that not all the data collected by Facebook is delivered.

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Contact Facebook by mail

Contact Facebook by mail :
Facebook, Inc
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304

 

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To contact Facebook Board of Directors
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park
CA 94025

Contact Facebook by phone

Contact Facebook phone: How to call Facebook? Read our tutorial with all the phone numbers to contact Facebook by phone

Contact Facebook Ireland

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Facebook Ireland office address:
Hanover Reach 5-7
Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland

Contact Facebook UK

Facebook United Kingdom office address:
42 Earlham Street
London WC2H 9LJ, UK

Contact Facebook Canada

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Facebook Canada office address:
Facebook Toronto office
1401-2300 Yonge St., Toronto ON

Facebook Vancouver office
1555 W Pender Street
Vancouver V6G 2T1

Contact Facebook India

Facebook India office address:
Facebook India Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad
Building no. 14, Raheja Mindspace
Hi-tech City Main Rd, Vittal Rao Nagar, Hitech City, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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How to find a job at Facebook ?

Jobs and Careers at Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/careers/
And all the job opportunities at Facebook

Reach Facebook Law Enforcement Response Team

Contact Facebook Team: records@facebook.com
Facebook Mail Address: 18 Hacker Way, Menlo Park CA 94025
Facebook Fax: +16504728007

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Contact Facebook Intellectual Property Staff

Facebook, Inc.
Attn: Facebook Designated Agent
1601 S. California Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304

Fax: +16505606293
Contact Facebook Staff: ip@fb.com

Hamdy Gamal

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Verified blue tick X’s accounts deceive users

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Europeans says X’s blue tick accounts deceive users

Elon Musk’s social media site X has been accused by the European Union of breaching its online content rules, with its “verified” blue tick accounts having the potential to “deceive” users.

The bloc’s tech regulator said users could be duped into thinking the identity of those with blue tick marks was verified, when in fact anybody can pay for a blue tick. It said it had found evidence of “malicious actors” abusing the system.

The investigation began under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

It could lead to X being fined up to 6% of its global annual turnover and being forced to change how it operates in the bloc.

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Mr Musk reacted angrily: “The DSA is misinformation,” he wrote on X.

The billionaire, who bought the platform for $44bn in 2022, said the DSA rules amounted to “censored speech” which he said he found unacceptable.

X chief executive Linda Yaccarino also defended the company’s practices.

“A democratised system, allowing everyone across Europe to access verification, is better than just the privileged few being verified,” she wrote on the social media site.

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The findings follow a seven month investigation under the DSA.

The law, which was introduced in 2022, requires big tech firms, like X, to take action to stop illegal content and safeguard the public.

ByteDance’s TikTok, AliExpress and Meta Platforms are also being investigated under the act.

The Commission said its review of X had found a lack of transparency around advertising and that X did not provide data for research use as required under EU rules.

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“In particular, X prohibits eligible researchers from independently accessing its public data, such as by scraping, as stated in its terms of service”, the Commission said.

The tech regulator also said that the way X designed and operated its interface for blue tick verified accounts did “not correspond to industry practice and deceives users”.

“Since anyone can subscribe to obtain such a ‘verified’ status, it negatively affects users’ ability to make free and informed decisions about the authenticity of the accounts and the content they interact with,” it said.

 

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get verified on twitter

The following steps to request a blue verification badge on Twitter after Twitter let accounts request a verification badge  here are the steps to go through request your account to be verified and get verified

Step 1

get verified on twitter

Click on Moreover Twitter home sidebar, and select Settings and Privacy

Step 2

get verified on twitter

Choose Account Information, from the right column and you will need to put your password to confirm access to your account information by twitter standard security needs to ensure that the account owner

Step 3

after confirming your Twitter password select Request Verification, see the image below

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get verified on twitter

Step 4

get verified on twitter

Click on the Start Request button, see the image below

Step 5

Select a category that your account representative and if you represent to a News Organization or Journalist or even freelance journalist and click the Next button

get verified on twitter

Step 6

select the account type you represent for the selected category if you are a Freelance Journalist choose this type or select a Journalist if you’re an individual Journalist employed by verified news organizations or publications, then you will need to mention the username handle @ of the verified account.

get verified on twitter

Step 7

get verified on twitter

for the selected account type Freelance Journalist you will need to add a notable work for publications or references and articles links published for the last 6 months.

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Step 8

upload your Government ID as twitter mentioned that, also you will need to upload the front and back images of your issued government identification in your country or region and wait for 30 seconds a while checking your ID if it meet the twitter criteria, see Twitter instructions while uploading your ID

get verified on twitter

Step 9

almost there you have been successfully completed your account blue verification badge verification request, you will need to wait for a response between 48 hours and it may take up to 14 days this based on many factors at Twitter, your request will be reviewed manually. Learn More 

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Twitter let accounts to request a verification badge

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Twitter let accounts to request a verification badge

Here we have great news about the Twitter platform lets certain accounts that represent companies and organizations and journalists including influencers, bloggers, and freelance publishers request blue verification on their accounts let’s take a look at the table of contents to see important information such as who’s eligible to be verified

Table of Contents
  • What is the blue verification badge
  • Authentic Accounts
  • Notable Accounts
  • Government Accounts
  • Companies Brands and Organizations Accounts
  • News Organizations and Journalists’ Accounts
  • Entertainment Accounts
  • Sports and Gaming Accounts
  • Activists, organizers, and other influential individuals
  • Active Twitter Accounts
  • Ineligible accounts
  • Why some accounts may lose the verification badge on Twitter

What is the blue verification badge?

The blue Verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. To receive the blue badge, your account must be authenticnotable, and active. 

Authentic Accounts

To encourage and maintain trust between users on the platform, Twitter will ask accounts to confirm their identity with Twitter in order to be Verified.

You may choose one of three methods of verifying your identity:

  • Official website: Provide the link to an official website that references you (or your organization) and your Twitter account.
  • ID verification: Provide a photo of an official government-issued identification document, such as your Driver’s License or Passport.
  • Official email address: Provide an official email address with a domain relevant to the notability category you choose.

Notable Accounts

Your account must represent or otherwise be associated with a prominently recognized individual or brand, in line with the notability criteria described below. In addition to confirming the identity of the controller of the account, Twitter will Verify the following types of accounts based on the criteria described. In all categories, Twitter may independently confirm qualifying affiliation through business partnerships or direct outreach:

  • Government: Accounts of current key government officials and offices, including heads of state, elected officials, appointed ministers, institutional entities, ambassadors, and official spokespeople. Official candidates for state- or national-level public office may also be Verified in certain countries, where available resources allow us to do so fairly and equitably. To qualify, there must be a public reference to the account on an official government or party site or publication, or multiple references in news media. Official accounts of public utilities and other services may also be Verified, as may people in leadership positions and official spokespeople.

Companies, brands, and organizations Accounts

prominent organizations, and secondary affiliated accounts, including companies, brands, and non-profit organizations, as well as their leaders and other prominent executives. To qualify as prominent, accounts must meet 2 of the following requirements:

  • presence in public indices, including but not limited to public stock exchanges, stable Wikipedia articles that meet the encyclopedia’s notability standards, and databases such as GlobalGiving;
  • 3 or more featured references within the 6 months prior to applying in Verified news outlets that meet the new criteria below on Twitter; or
  • follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region.

News organizations and journalists’ Accounts

  • Any official accounts of qualifying news organizations, as well individual accounts of journalists employed by Verified news organizations may be Verified, if:
  • their account is public (does not have protected Tweets)
  • their account bio refers directly to the news organization’s name and links to the official URL of that organization
  • individual accounts of journalists must provide a link to their affiliated news organization’s website that references their work, i.e. an about page or bio,* and
  • otherwise meets the criteria laid out in this policy.
Qualifying organizations include newspapers; magazines; broadcast, cable, satellite, and streaming TV and radio news networks, stations, and programs; digital news publishers; podcasts; and similar media, and must adhere to recognized professional standards for journalism such as those laid out by the Society of Professional JournalistsIndependent Press Standards Organization, and International Federation of Journalists, or have committed to the International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles..
Independent or freelance journalists may be Verified if they can provide at least 3 bylines/credits in Verified publications published within the 6 months prior to applying.

Entertainment Accounts

Accounts of major entertainment companies, such as film studios, TV networks, and music entities may be Verified. Official accounts of productions associated with these entities, such as films, events/festivals, or TV shows, maybe Verified if:

    • the connection to a Verified organization is clear on the account’s profile; and
    • the website associated with the production or entity, or similar official public source, includes a link to the twitter profile

Individual accounts of artists, performers, directors, and others in similar public-facing roles associated with such entities or their productions may be Verified if:

  • the website associated with a Verified entity, or similar official public source, includes a link to the profile; and
  • they have at least 50 production credits on their IMDB profile, or
  • they have 3 or more featured references within the 6 months prior to applying in news outlets that meet the News criteria above.

Established digital content creators may be Verified if they have consistently published, original content (regardless of platform) for at least 6 months prior to applying and meet the follower or mention criteria listed below for other influential individuals.

Sports and gaming Accounts

Accounts of professional sports leagues, teams, rostered athletes, and coaches listed on the official team website with a link to the account, or in sports data services such as Sportradar may be Verified, as may those of athletes participating in global competitions such as the Olympics and Paralympics. Official team pages of club and collegiate teams may also be Verified. We will not Verify amateur athletes who compete at the collegiate level (or lower) nor in official minor leagues unless they meet the criteria for influential individuals verification below.

Accounts of professional esports leagues, teams, rostered players, and coaches listed on the official team website or who have 3 or more featured references within the 6 months prior to applying in news outlets such as Kotaku, Polygon, or IGN may be Verified. Official accounts for game titles and related accounts may also be Verified.

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Activists, organizers, and other influential individuals

  • Outside the professional categories defined above, people who are using Twitter effectively to bring awareness, share information, and galvanize community members around a cause, to bring about socioeconomic, political, or cultural change, or to otherwise foster community, may be Verified. Accounts of such individuals and others that do not meet the specific criteria in the categories above may be Verified if they:
    • demonstrate consistent usage of Twitter in the six months prior to applying;
    • generally abide by the Twitter Rules;
    • do not primarily post content that harasses, shame, or insults any individual or group—especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, medical/genetic condition, status as a veteran, status as a refugee, or status as an immigrant—or content that promotes the supremacy or interests of members of any group in a manner likely to be perceived as demeaning on the basis of these categories; and
    • meet the following general criteria for notability – at least one from Column A and one from Column B*:

Column A: Twitter Activity

Column B: Off Twitter Notability

Follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region

A profile on Google Trends with evidence of recent search activity;

In the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region in terms of volume of conversation about them, based on mentions, rate of Follower growth, or other internal signals.

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A stable Wikipedia article about them that meets the encyclopedia’s notability standards for people;

3 or more featured references within the 6 months prior to applying in news outlets that meet the News criteria above; including specialty publications related to their profession or expertise; or

Reference to the account or the account holder’s name indicating a leadership position on an official site associated with known advocacy work.

*In response to current events, we may Verify accounts that do not fully meet the criteria above due to their expertise or public role in matters of high public interest, as well as their susceptibility to impersonation. For example:

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  • medical professionals during epidemics or other public health crises;
  • activists and local political leaders in times of protest or in connection with a significant cultural event;
  • public safety and journalist accounts reporting on natural disasters; or
  • organizers, proponents, or founders of campaigns in support of civil or human rights.

Twitter uses a mix of internal signals to evaluate the authenticity of a given account’s followers and engagement count. We also assess a range of signals associated with third-party public resources submitted in support of applications for Verification to detect fraudulent submissions. We reserve the right to deny or revoke verification to any accounts that met any of the following criteria through artificial or inauthentic activity.

Active Accounts

Your account must be active with a record of adherence to the Twitter Rules. This means:

  • Complete: You must have a profile name and a profile image;
  • Active use: You must have logged into the account in the last 6 months;
  • Security: The account must have a confirmed email address or phone number; and
  • Twitter Rules: The account must not have had a 12-hour or 7-day lockout for violating the Twitter Rules in the past 6 months (excluding successful appeals).

Note that we may make exceptions to the lockout requirement for new accounts from people and organizations in the categories defined above, and exceptions to the login requirement for accounts at especially high risk of impersonation.

Ineligible accounts

Certain accounts are ineligible for the blue badge, regardless of the above criteria, including:

  • Parody, newsfeed, commentary, and unofficial fan accounts;
  • Pets and fictional characters, unless directly affiliated with a Verified Company, Brand, or Organization, or with a Verified entertainment production, as described above;
  • Accounts engaged in severe violations of our Platform manipulation and spam policy, such as  the buying and selling of followers and engagement; and
  • Accounts of individuals or groups associated with coordinated harmful activity, or hateful content as defined in Twitter’s Ads Policies, or that have been found to have committed gross human rights violations by an international court/tribunal, or a fact-finding mission or commission of inquiry authorized by an international organization, may be ineligible for Verification – even if their activity on Twitter doesn’t violate the Twitter Rules.

Why some accounts may lose the verifications

In accordance with the Twitter Terms of Service, Twitter may remove the blue Verified badge and Verified status of a Twitter account at any time and without notice from Twitter.

You may lose your badge if you change your username (@handle) if your account becomes inactive or incomplete, or if you are no longer in the position you initially were Verified for – such as an elected government official who leaves office – and you do not otherwise meet our criteria for Verification.

We may also remove the blue badge from accounts that are found to be in severe or repeated violation of the Twitter Rules. This includes:

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Please note, that Twitter may suspend accounts that use imagery of, or similar to, the Verification badge in a manner that may mislead the public about the twitter account’s Verification status.

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