Has anyone else been asked for proof of identity from facebook?

This just happened to me yesterday. Apparently, someone had logged me out of my account . When I tried to log back in, I was greeted with, “Please change your name. It appears this isn’t the name you go by in real life. ”

Why does facebook care what name you go by? I have two accounts. One I do use my real name but an abbreviated version of my first name and the other account is completely fake, for safety concerns. I have been using my fake account for at least three years with no issues.

It won’t let me back in unless I provide proof of identity. I honestly don’t see the point in this, documents can easily be forged. I can give them any old picture and driver’s license and they’ll believe it to be me.

I can still use my other account for the time being, but who knows how long that will still work.