This Dog Wants A Driver's License After His Human Got Locked Out Of The Dog's Personal Facebook
Some pet owners go the extra mile for their animals, but Emily Doucet may have taken things to a whole new level. After getting locked out of her dog Max's Facebook account, she found herself dealing with a request that sounded almost too strange to be real.
Emily had tried to log in so she could update Max's surname to match her married name, but after not using the account for a while, she forgot the password and Facebook locked her out. Then came the bigger surprise, a notice saying she would need to provide a valid driver's license or government-issued ID for Max, the dog.
Now the internet is having a field day with Max's very official-sounding identity problem. Read on.
"I have no choice but to teach him how to drive," Emily joked on Twitter.
A Facebook representative said the reason for this protocol is that, technically, Facebook doesn't "allow people to maintain profiles for their pets." Instead, they encourage users to create a Page as a tribute to their beloved fur-kids.
"Profiles are meant to represent people, and we ask that people set up Pages if they want to represent a brand, business, group, organization – or pet," said Ruchika Budhraja, a spokesperson for Facebook.
"I don’t really blame Facebook for having that policy since I’m sure they seem like spambots, but it would be cool if they could do a better job of filtering out the harmless fun accounts," Doucet said.
"If they’re specifically targeting pet accounts, that’s kind of weird. Why not let people have fun?"
Budhraja went on to say, "As noted in the policy rationale, we believe that people are more accountable for their statements and actions when they use their authentic identities, which is why we require that people use the name they go by in everyday life."
"If you are setting up an account for a pet, we ask that you set up a Page," they reiterated.
Meanwhile, on Twitter, people have been trying to be helpful by offering ideas for doctored licenses for Max.
It also echoes the man who opened an Instagram for his cousin’s dog without consent, then dealt with the fallout.
Good luck, Emily & Max!
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