Bouncers 'checking Facebook on phones' as identification
May 10, 2012
Some bouncers have been demanding people hand over their smartphones so they can check Facebook accounts, Newsbeat has been told.
It's claimed that it is to make sure the person is who they say they are and isn't using fake identification.
It happened to Charlotte Neal, 20, who said there had been a few times where bouncers had asked to see her phone.
Charlotte said bouncers had checked that her Facebook name matched her driving licence.
"I kind of just logged onto it [Facebook] and showed him the screen and then he didn't question it any further," explained Charlotte.
"When it happened the first time I didn't really think anything of it.
"Then I thought, 'Hang on, is this really how you're supposed to check how old I am?' But I was out and I wanted to get in the club so I just agreed."
Charlotte, who's from Southampton, said she often gets asked for identification.
"I just think great, 'Here we go again, they're going to question me, they're going to ask my date of birth, my star sign, and they're going to ask to see a different ID or something.'
"I do understand why they want to verify it, but at the same time if you've got an ID in front of you, why isn't that good enough?"
It wasn't just Charlotte this has happened to, other Newsbeat listeners wrote on Facebook and said it had happened to them, one person said it happened all the time where they live in Northern Ireland.

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