People managing Facebook pages with large American followings will now need to take extra steps to verify their identity, according to an announcement made by the company today. Now, if these managers want to continue to post on their pages, they’ll need to complete an “authorization process” that includes enabling two-factor authentication and confirming what country they’re based in.
If a page manager needs to authorize their account, they’ll get a notice at the top of their newsfeed later this month, Facebook says. They won’t be able to post on their page until they complete this process. This information will be added into a forthcoming site section called “People Who Manage This Page,” which will list which countries these pages are being managing from. While this will initially appear on pages with a large US audience, it appears that Facebook will eventually be rolling out this feature across all pages.
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When asked how large the pages had to be to fall under this category, Facebook declined to comment. “We aren’t sharing exact numbers, as bad actors may use it to game the system.”
