Written by Tijana - Reviewed by Ivana Social Media / Instagram
Instagram introduced a new way of how they want to keep their users safe from misleading accounts, bots or fake Instagram profiles making profit from fraud. This is the Video Selfie Verification.
It’s main purpose is for an account holder to be able to prove he is who the account claims he is, after some suspicious activity has been tracked. Instagram sends a notification stating “We noticed an unusual activity from your account. Confirm your identity from the Instagram app to get back to your account.” Although most people are not affected by this, there are some users who have received the notification that they need to verify their identity so their account doesn’t get suspended, or permanently deleted. The IDs are kept for 30 days, before being permanently deleted, Instagram is making sure that suspended or suspicious accounts’ privacy is still respected.
The biggest issue since Instagram rolled out this verification method is a bug that many users reported receiving. According to plenty of users who received this notification, a big percent of them were logging in to Instagram through a third-party app, thus making their activity suspicious to Instagram guidelines.
After following Instagram’s steps on how to retrieve your account you get the Error notification when submitting the video, try this:
These steps worked for some, but didn’t for some.
If after reinstalling the app you keep getting the same error notification,
Several users reported that after submitting their issue to Instagram's help and support centre, their accounts were retrieved within the next hour.
In case none of the above mentioned fixed don’t work, try going over the same process in a couple of hours. Some users reported this working after 3 or 9 hours, for some it took a couple of days. Just make sure to keep following Instagram Community Guidelines so you don’t get issues like this anymore.
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