[Legogris]

Meanwhile, I got locked out of the old FB account, with a passport scan being the only way they're going to open it again.

Strong password, 2FA, email, registered pgp key, and I still have access to everything, yet they still need to "verify", which makes no sense given they (supposedly) don't have any ID of mine from before.

Contrasting that to OP and yeah, an insider sounds like the more likely thing.

[LightHugger]

the term "verify" in this situations has started to mean "we are extorting you for your personal information by holding your account hostage".

It's most often a phone number, and as you point out, way worse on facebook where they demand government identification.

Please stop using facebook, people.