[fweimer]

> I did end up speaking to a few engineers at Meta through connections, either directly or through others, many of which recommended suing Meta to unlock my accounts. This was extra complicated due to me living in Australia, so it’s not something I tried.

Why is this complicated? Do the Meta ToS include a choice-of-venue clause for consumer accounts?

[decimalenough]

Suing people across jurisdictions is a nightmare. As a trivial example, anybody can theoretically sue any Singaporean entity in Singapore's Small Claims Tribunal, but if you don't have Singaporean ID, you need to show up in person in Singapore to register for the CJTS Pass system. Then you need to send registered mail from Singapore to the person you're using, apply for a special exception to be able to appear over Zoom instead of in person, provide proof that your home jurisdiction permits you to testify over video in Singapore, etc etc. And this is just for small claims!

[fweimer]

You wouldn't sue across jurisdictions, though? This would be an Australian suing under Australian law in an Australian court, potentially even an Australian entity.

[raverbashing]

Or: hire a lawyer in Singapore (or a solicitor, I'm not sure how's their legal system) to navigate these small bureaucracies