If You Lose Access to Your Facebook Account, Trusted Friends Can No Longer Help You: Take These Precautions Now

If You Lose Access to Your Facebook Account, Trusted Friends Can No Longer Help You: Take These Precautions Now
The online social media and social networking service Facebook's logo on a laptop screen in Moscow, on Oct. 12, 2021. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
Benzinga
Updated:
Users of Meta Platforms Inc. run social-media platform Facebook will soon no longer be able to seek the help of their friends in case they lose access to the website.

What Happened

Currently, Facebook users can utilize the “Trusted Contacts” feature to get back on the platform if they get locked out of their accounts.

Facebook said on its Help Centre webpage that the Trusted Contacts feature is going away soon.