Facebook has apologised for suspending a woman called Isis

Facebook thinks I'm a terrorist. Apparently sending them a screenshot of my passport is not good enough for them to reopen my account.

— Isis Anchalee (@isisAnchalee) November 17, 2015

Facebook has apologised for suspending the account of a woman named Isis.

And we think you’ll agree it’s about time.
For some reason, Facebook refused to believe that Isis Anchalee was an engineer from San Francisco and not a global terrorist organisation.
Three times they disabled her account before she finally had it verified it by sending the company a scan of her passport.

This is not a terrorist organisation (Picture: Getty Images)

Now Facebook has said it is ‘sorry for the trouble it caused’, and told NBC News one or more users had flagged the account as fake or offensive.
Ms Anchalee’s experience is not unique. Not by a long way, in fact.
For instance, in March, a man said that a tattoo of his ex-girlfriend’s name, Isis, got him the sack.
Then, in September, a shop owner in Worcester was forced to deny links to the terrorist group. And in November, Nutella refused to print a personalised jar for a girl named Isis.
Perhaps it’s worth noting that not everything named Isis – a name which dates back at least to Ancient Egypt – is affiliated with a Salafi jihadist militant group rampaging through the Middle East.