> I believe this is a reasonable measure to increase the cost of new spam accounts.
You seem to be overlooking the bald-faced lie told by Meta/IG that someone's new account is violating "Community Guidelines" before they can even use it.
Moreover, it makes no sense that a phone number would be a "get out of jail free" card for violating Community Guidelines.
You seem to be overlooking the bald-faced lie told by Meta/IG that someone's new account is violating "Community Guidelines" before they can even use it.
Moreover, it makes no sense that a phone number would be a "get out of jail free" card for violating Community Guidelines.