You might remember Isis Anchalee as the female engineer who started the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign earlier this year after an advertisement featuring her sparked controversy online over what a female engineer "should look like."
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Now, the 22-year-old says she's been blocked from using Facebook because of her first name, Isis.
"Facebook thinks I'm a terrorist," Anchalee explained in a tweet on Tuesday. "Apparently sending them a screenshot of my passport is not good enough for them to reopen my account."
It's only been ten minutes since Anchalee tweeted her complaint, but one person has already responded to the tweet saying they know someone else having a similar issue.
This isn't the first time someone has run into trouble with Facebook because of their name. Earlier this year an Arizona couple claimed they were banned from using Facebook until they verified their somewhat unusual last name: Avatar. In the past, Facebook has asked that people submit a photo id as proof of identity, though Anchalee says she already sent a photo of her passport and still has not been let back into her account.
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Tech Insider has Anchalee and Facebook and will update this post if we hear back.