Recently I got my account closed in Facebook. 5 days ago, I received an email which said someone posted copyrighted material in a group I'm administrator of, and that "it was a serious violation of terms of use". I couldnt even see what the user I dont even know posted, because they deleted it. Today, I can't access my account, at first I thought it could be Facebook was down like 10 days ago, but it says my account was disabled, the decision is permanent (I can't appeal) and that they can't tell me why for "security reasons". I suspect it could be related with that incident 5 days ago, but the case is I don't really know why and they refuse to tell me. Is this even legal? Why do terms of use exists, if they can remove your account arbitrarily without even the possibility of defend yourself?
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@trish Not really. I know people (not personally) who got their accounts restored after sending a demand to Facebook. Of course, I don't have the resources they have to hire a top lawyer to do that, but one of them even threatened Facebook with a criminal lawsuit (yes, criminal) to the people who managed moderation in his country, and got his account restored very briefly after that– PabloCommented Mar 15 at 19:39
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2Hiring a lawyer doesn't mean you have a right.– TrishCommented Mar 15 at 19:51
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2"Why do terms of use exists?" These will list the usual reasons, but it's not always possible to anticipate all possible misuses.– BarmarCommented Mar 15 at 22:37
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3Remember, you have no fundamental right to an account on these services.– BarmarCommented Mar 15 at 22:38
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1Businesses are generally free to refuse services to anyone they wish (excepting e.g. discrimination). I would imagine websites are much the same.– John GordonCommented Mar 16 at 0:42
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