Image of Facebook login page requiring vaccination ID is fake
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- Published on February 23, 2022 at 11:18
- Updated on February 24, 2022 at 02:48
- 2 min read
- By Manuela SILVA, AFP Uruguay, AFP Malaysia
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The picture was shared on Twitter here on January 12, 2022.
The tweet states: "Facebook asking for Vaccine ID to log into account... Wtaf? Has anyone else experienced this?"
The accompanying image shows the Meta logo with text that reads: "Confirm your identity. To log in to your Facebook account, you must first confirm your identity. Log in with your Vaccine ID".
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in October 2021 that the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would change its name to Meta.
A similar claim has also circulated in Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Indonesian, Malaysian and Romanian.
However, the image is false.
As of the date of this publication, AFP Fact Check confirmed that Facebook's homepage does not request any vaccination status or identification to log in.
Below are screenshots of the mobile (L) and desktop (R) version of the Facebook login page:
In response to a now deleted tweet, Meta spokesman Andy Stone said: "This is false".
A quote tweet from the same account that Stone replied to and a reply to the deleted tweet indicate that the spokesman commented on the false login image.
In the interest of the truth, if you see this circulating the internet consider this image as fake https://t.co/3Ln4kYvOQppic.twitter.com/bgbwaRyOON
— Wittgenstein (@backtolife_2022) January 11, 2022
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