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by TheNewAndy 4691 days ago
Creating a test account is also kind of a violation of the TOS anyway:

"You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

You will not create more than one personal account."

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They specifically allow accounts to be created for whitehat purposes at https://www.facebook.com/whitehat/accounts/
Interestingly, from that page:

"Please use a test account instead of a real account when investigating security vulnerabilities. When you are unable to reproduce a security vulnerability with a test account, it is acceptable to use a real account, except for automated testing."