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Real Voices.
Real Impact.
Thousands of people have shared their experiences with wrongful account disabling, lost access, and unanswered appeals. These are their stories.
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"Hola, mi cuenta [@_nikki.d1xie] ha sido inhabilitada. Considero que esto es un error, ya que siempre he respetado las Normas de la Comunidad y no he realizado ninguna actividad prohibida. Agradecería que revisaran mi caso para recuperar el acceso a mi contenido. Gracias."
Nicole Alvarez
January 24, 2026
"I’ve had my Facebook and instagram accounts since forever and they were wrongfully suspended for no reason at all I’ve appealed and everything it’s been an entire month and I haven’t had any luck with getting them back I just want my accounts back meta is so terrible we need real humans back doing the job"
Alexander Franks
January 24, 2026
"Instagram needs to give me all my accounts back I didn’t even do nothing"
Trevon edwards
January 24, 2026
"People are losing their livelihoods, memories, and communication away because of this wave of auto disabling accounts."
Destiny Valencia
January 25, 2026
"All my accounts have been banned, including my instagram and facebook. I made a new account today and it was banned immediately. They wrongly accused me of child exploitation, which it is seriously wrong."
Ariadna Swag
January 25, 2026
"This is crazy!! I’ve had my Facebook and instagram for 13 years now and now I’m getting my accounts suspended from a robot that’s not programmed right?? I NEED MY ACCOUNTS BACK META"
Michael Serna
January 25, 2026
"I am a legacy user of Instagram. I have been on the app for probably over 14 years in great standing and following all the Community Guidelines properly, like so many others who are also facing this issue. Unfortunately since the Facebook/Meta acquisition and Meta’s implementation of AI moderation, there has been an issue with their AI detection system unfairly banning accounts. My account, catalo_rosa, and all connected Facebook and other accounts (connected via Account Center) have been disabled/banned unfairly. Even worse, on my new account, I paid for Meta Verified so I can gain access to receive support regarding the account, and I have been waiting for months, followed-up on the issue after waiting months, and every agent gives me a different reply/answer and answers are inconsistent. Some agents say that the case is still open, some agents say it’s closed, and some say there is not an existing case at all. The accusations also continue from Meta and their support agents as well. They are removing not only me, but others and making criminal accusations against human beings. I am still here standing with a completely clean criminal record, on the other hand being reminded by clueless support agents that the account was removed for not following Community Guidelines and Standards and that I need to read the community guidelines properly. I have never been in violation of any community guideline. In addition to that, they labeled me and my account as a “Dangerous Individual and Organization”, which just doesn’t make sense. If this will not be handled I will be handling it via legal proceedings due to the criminal accusations that are being made against me and my character. Thank you. I hope that Meta’s development team can restore all negatively impacted accounts. Thank you."
Catalo Raffaello Rosa
January 25, 2026
"Meta has unfairly locked me out of all of my accounts and I can't do anything about it. This feels not only like an inconvenience, but it also feels immoral. I hope Meta corrects this situation."
John Buren
January 25, 2026
"Being falsely accused and losing an account from cse has ruined me mentally and physically. This last week has been the hardest and they cant keep getting away with this."
Josh Sadow
January 25, 2026
"I was randomly banned on January 26th, 2026 at 1:22 AM CST for something I've never done. This ban was out of nowhere and extremely absurd, and its insane that no human took the time to look at my account and see that there was nothing violating guidelines."
Isabelle Fontenot
January 25, 2026
"I lost my account of 5 years to "child exploitation" when absolutely none of that was happening on my account. I hate meta ai."
kellan p
January 25, 2026
"This is defamation."
Matthew Pohl
January 26, 2026
"Meta permanently disabled my Facebook account due to supposedly not meeting community standards for advertisement. Ive never advertised on Facebook."
Mitchell Maness
January 27, 2026
"Having been on Facebook since it's inception. I was randomly banned 2 weeks ago and the appeal was automatically reviewed by the same broken AI process that resulted in the ban. Not further details, no access to support, no ability to recover data, no procedural fairness. Years of family and friends memories now gone and no real understanding of why. Then the fact that the ban pushes across all other Meta services then has wide ranging affects as businesses and community groups turn to Messenger and WhatsApp their primary communication tool. These erroneous bans are affecting waves of users and isolating many people's main source of communication and information."
Iva Nna
January 27, 2026
"About 7 months ago I had my account suspended with no explanation what so ever. I made an appeal and got no response for 5 months! Each time I checked it just gave me the same answer iver and over that i appealed on this date etc. I don't think they even looked at my appeal! Today I finally found out the information that the account was permanently disabled (which i wasn't even notified about so who knows how long its been disabled since i checked last) and the reasoning was completely insane. I was banned for apparently violating child sexual exploitation guidelines, an accusations they gave absolutely zero proof for, not that they could anyway BECAUSE ALL I DID FOR THE SEVERAL YEARS ON THAT ACCOUNT WAS POST MYSELF OR PICTURES OF NATURE, AND SEND MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ANIMAL VIDEOS, LIKE? I have tried to make a new account THREE TIMES now but the first two were almost instantly suspended as well. F you meta."
Kathryn Orme
January 27, 2026
"I had a fb for 11 years and early last year out of no where they disabled it and I try and appeal it and didnt work I have my entire family on there so they can see me and follow my life and now they think I went MIA because my account is disabled"
Maria Gonzalez
January 27, 2026
"I have been selling on Facebook and been banned or suspended for NO reason given. I asked them in the appeal, if they can't give me the EXACT reason, why I am being suspended to put back my account. They will put back my account and in less then one day, it's suspend again, despite the fact that I have a perfect stars review, at 5 stars from buyers and customers! This one guy got mad because HE said he couldn't authenticate a doll I was selling and blocked me and the minute he did that, Facebook blocked me to!"
Camille Johnson
January 27, 2026
"I lost all my important contacts and images."
Xavier B.
January 27, 2026
"Meta permanently disabled my Instagram and linked Facebook accounts for alleged policy violations that are factually incorrect, likely based on automated AI misclassification. The appeal process was automated and did not provide a way to submit context; the decision was affirmed within minutes and I was told no further review was available. These accounts are central to my business: they serve as my portfolio, marketing channel, and client communication hub. The disablement abruptly cut off customer communications, eliminated incoming leads, disrupted scheduled work, and threatened deletion of years of content and business records, causing significant financial and reputational damage."
Mike Calabro
January 28, 2026
"I've had Instagram since middle school all my memories of middle school and highschool are on their all my friends and family I have on their, some people that I've lost their old accounts are their that I can no longer access it's so sad that I no longer have access to years of memories. I just want my account back me and my girlfriends first texts where on their"
Elijah evjenth
January 28, 2026
"Hello my name is Victor (Vdrt777) was my handle I have never participated or shared or looked up anything explicit on Instagram or any social media I have ever owned and I got banned for child sexual exploitation and I appealed of course and within 2 min it was denied, there’s no way I have no idea what happened I just scroll reels on here, I have 3 photos one of me sitting with my dog, another of me standing next to my cousin who’s also an adult male, and another of me infront of a mirror taking a selfie fully clothed. I am so disappointed with this mainly because my Facebook was linked and it is now gone and I use that to talk to my family and friends from long ago, I cannot make a new account I must be IP banned but there is nowhere to go for further assistance this is wrong.."
Victor Duarte
January 28, 2026
"I’ve had a Facebook account for 20 years and was recently becoming a small influencer. I had thousands of followers and friends. Hundreds of posts and comments and dozens of groups. Saved messages from special people. One morning I woke up and my account (Facebook and Instagram) had been hacked, “reviewed”, and permanently disabled with no option to review or talk to someone directly. No support whatsoever. Now I’ve tried creating new accounts and they keep getting marked as fraud and disabled or restricted. I want my account back. This needs to change. Meta needs to be accountable for its AI review banning legitimate people from it’s platform."
Lindsey Martinez
January 28, 2026
"Meta’s recent actions have significantly impacted my business/accounts by limiting visibility and engagement across my platforms. Changes to algorithms and account restrictions have reduced my reach to followers and customers, directly affecting growth, communication, and overall performance. In some cases, content that previously complied with Meta’s policies has been flagged or deprioritized, making it difficult to maintain consistent engagement. These disruptions have caused a noticeable decline in traffic, interactions, and opportunities that my business/accounts rely on to operate effectively. Meta’s actions have had a significant physical, emotional, and financial impact on me and my business. Financially, reduced visibility and restricted access to my accounts have led to a loss of income, missed opportunities, and a decline in customer engagement that my business depends on. Emotionally, this situation has been extremely stressful and discouraging, creating anxiety and frustration after investing so much time, effort, and creativity into building my platform. The uncertainty of not knowing when or if the issue will be resolved has taken a mental toll. Physically, the ongoing stress has affected my focus, sleep, and overall well-being, as I’ve had to spend long hours trying to resolve the issue and recover what was lost. Overall, Meta’s actions have disrupted both my livelihood and my personal health."
Jemari Williams
January 28, 2026
"I just had my Facebook account suspended by Meta. I have done nothing whatsoever wrong. I am also disabled (Autism) and Facebook is my main social connector. In effect I have now lost many friends and contacts built up over a decade and contact with overseas blood relatives. I pressed the appeals button and rather than this launching a double check (which would surely find me innocent) they seem to be farming for my personal data - I jump through a few of the hoops and then things got so invasive I thought, if this company has a leak then this is an avenue for serious identity theft - plus, with what is going on in the US at present, I don't really want to supply that nation with my UK documents and/or cards due to being uncertain what hands it might end up in. I got as far as them asking for marriage certificates and the such like. As a disabled, non-driving and non-travelling person, I do not have much in the way of the ID proofs Meta insisted upon. I was thinking of offering my disabled person's bus card, but that alone would not be enough. I know META is a private firm and I accepted that when signing up way back in 2009 - the only account I kept and used. It is their right to throw me off their site. It would be nice to be able to talk/text to a human being and protest my complete innocence. Interestingly, last night I got the message from Facebook about paying not to have adverts. I selected that I would not pay and carry on with Facebook as before. Now, some hours later, my account is suspended."
Nigel Harris
January 28, 2026
"I am writing regarding the sudden disabling of my Instagram account @Dancer2873, which also resulted in the automatic disabling of my connected Facebook and Meta VR accounts. I was informed that my Instagram account was banned for alleged Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) content. This accusation is both deeply shocking and entirely unfounded. I have never violated Meta’s Community Standards, let alone engaged in anything remotely related to CSE. What is even more concerning is that my appeal was denied within approximately five minutes of submission. This is not nearly enough time to properly review a 14+ year-old account with extensive history, content, and context. It gives the impression that my appeal may not have been genuinely reviewed. This situation is extremely distressing. Because my account was disabled, I have lost access to years of personal photos and memories, including irreplaceable photos of my late father and my family. These memories hold enormous emotional value, and losing them has been devastating. I respectfully requested the following from Meta: A full, manual re-review of my account (@Dancer2873) by a qualified human reviewer. A clear explanation of what content triggered the CSE accusation. Restoration of my Instagram, Facebook, and Meta VR accounts if the review confirms that no violation occurred—as I am confident it will. I have always followed the Community Standards, and I was simply asking for a fair review and a chance to regain access to my own memories and accounts. I have not heard back from Meta and I also filed a complaint to the Better Business Bureau, they accepted my complaint and reached out to meta on 2 occasions with no response."
Linette Forfar
January 28, 2026
"I help creators manage their accounts and a few of my clients got randomly disabled for no reason at all! with no meta support no human to talk to and no appeal that works in a human case, they were left no option. No money for bills, no food on the table. Meta needs to be held accountable!"
Keevin Groutsche
January 28, 2026
"I have had an account with IG since 2016 and the traction has organically grown with sharing reels and collab posts. On Jan 17 2026 my account after ten years got disabled under false assumptions. I have followed guidelines best to me ability only to have the only source of networking taken away, affecting business and growth for the brands associated with. We comply with guidelines and deserve real people to look through and reverse the decision to simultaneously ban accounts from a glitch within AI scanning. It is obvious its becoming a problem and there are faults to be sorted out before giving less of a chance to help those affected."
Victoria cotton
January 29, 2026
"I've had my Instagram and Facebook for my entire life all my friends and contacts are on Facebook and Instagram and then one day I get falsely suspended pending review. It was about 2 and a half months later after I had given up that I got an email saying a mistake was made and I got Access back until 2 more months later it got suspended for the same reason and I've never been able to speak to someone regarding it if appears as if my account review is in limbo not doing anything"
Troy Taylor
January 29, 2026
"Lost almost every connection to my past in an instant, my closest connections were kept obviously through phone number, but 100s of friends and memories lost in an instant, no only this, but I lost the ability to access purchased gaming content though meta vr devices. I feel as if I have been robbed of my own identity with the accusations made against my account and to that my own digital property, which I do not technically own, but invested money and time into and it just goes away for nothing. Very sad to see such a big company treat its own customers and users like this. Not being able to talk to a human or be updated with proof against you feels almost inhumane to a degree. I wish for there to be a just review process, that doesn’t seem like much of an ask, ultimately we will see."
Cole Webster
January 29, 2026
"I had my instagram account since 2015 all of my DMs with my friends all of my memories my stories and lost all of my followers because of a false ban I tried to appeal didn’t work because instagram decided to make meta AI do all the work and now I lost my account that I literally grew up with because of AI"
Jeremy Bumbalow
January 29, 2026
"Back in December, my Instagram account (and facebook) was disabled after multiple suspensions and responses back from META that I did not violate community standard for Child Sexual Exploitation (possibly for chatting with my 14 year old daughter about her mental health). Then on the 4th suspension I sent my photo as required and suddenly it was permanently disabled with no turning back. I lost 16 years of my life in facebook. Every photo I ever took I dumped in facebook. Photos of my family members who are no longer with us. This is ridiculous, and no where to go from here. Stop letting robots control multi-million dollar companies!!!"
corie stevens
January 29, 2026
"I have been banned for 180 days. Appeal process garbage. I need my account back immediately. No way to appeal by the way."
Ayham Abedin
January 29, 2026
"Been on instagram since 2020, had the same account for over 5 years already but I had to separate my art from my personal life so I made another account to promote my art while having not to interfere with my personal account! Well, they suspended my art account due to not following their guidelines but it doesn’t tell me exactly what I had done wrong so they did a chain reaction ban on my art and my personal account! I appealed and they said nope, it was permanently disabled! I wanna know how I can fix my wrong doings if I have any but they just won’t contact me!"
Mercy Galindo
January 30, 2026
"Permanently delete my account causing Damage to personal relations. Where is the evidence, proof of community violation. This is outright Wrong Wrong and I believe its Political."
Tom Wooden
January 30, 2026
"This is really crazy. My entire business is suffering because of this. AI has pros and cons."
celena lampkin
January 30, 2026
"I want my account back and its ridiculous how nobody is doing anything"
Lawrence Aurigemma
January 30, 2026
"I have had my Facebook account for atleast 20 years with no issues. Today, Meta permanently disabled my person and business accounts on both Facebook and Instagram citing child sexual exploitation. Nothing was posted and of course an instant permanent band when asked for a selfie. This needs to be fixed!!!! It’s is not fair Facebook is not accountable for AI baseless bans, with no one to speak to. I seems Meta wants you to pay for Meta Verified to generate more revenue only to stand on their baseless decision."
Chandayus Cooper
January 30, 2026
"Instagram wrongfully suspended my account in early September 2025 under the accusation of CSE. I spent days and nights worried about what I potentially could have been suspended for as I have never engaged in anything of the sort, and assumed it was some sort of system error. Upon filing the appeal, I assumed waiting would help. Days went by, then weeks. I had taken to Reddit to see more and more people in the same situation as me. First the option was legalshield and meta verified but then even that stopped working. I emailed known instagram support emails for days with no luck. Eventually I was fed up with waiting, and took legal action that I am currently in the process of. I'm really disappointed that Meta has not been able to provide any human review, and the only way to contact for support is to take legal action. This is very unfair and has negatively affected my social reputation and socialization, in ways that are difficult to quantify. Many of us exist around the globe, and some are not fortunate enough to be able to appeal. Meta has to pay for what they have done !"
Yash Verma
January 30, 2026
"My Instagram account was suspended for not following their standards on child sexual exploitation. It's really frustrating to think that i could lose this account because of something that i would never do."
Coralie Leblanc
January 31, 2026
"I got banned on Instagram multiple times for no reason what so ever. They need to make a live customer support system because the AI/articles are useless."
Isaiah Major
January 31, 2026
"Meta needs to stop disabling accounts for ANY reason!!!!! Fuck censorship!!!!!"
Panzerfaust .
January 31, 2026
"Facebook violates first amendment rights!"
Panzerfaust .
January 31, 2026
"My account was temporarily suspended, I appealed because I did not post or share anything that went against their community standards (they suggested something along the lines of “child sexual exploitation, abuse and nudity” which is entirely false), they claim they reviewed it, and ended up permanently banning me. Their allegations are entirely false and un-credible, and they’ve provided no proof. I’ve been baselessly suspended before, but now to lose my contacts permanently due to false allegations? This is unacceptable!"
Jose Leguillou
January 31, 2026
"Back in August of 2025 My account was permanently disabled without cause or recourse, I did not go against any guidelines and I did not receive any warnings. I have emailed Facebook several times and get no response and have no way to talk to a human to resolve!! My information and My photos have been stolen from me by META! It’s been a digital archive of my life for nearly two decades as I have had this account since Facebook first launched and now Facebook has taken over 20 years from me, over 2500 of my friends, memories and photos. I was also in the middle of a deal on marketplace with a rental house and now can no long reach out to the seller and complete transaction."
Daryl Lounsbury
January 31, 2026
"Don't setup a business account, you get flagged more. And yeah it's fucking stupid. Been suspended for 2+ months now. No one is checking the reason this time, it was a helpful link for VW Injection information."
Steve DeRuyter
January 31, 2026
"Many of my Facebook accounts were disabled in May 2025 for the wrong reasons and have still not been restored. Most of my posts were private. When I tried to submit a appeal it got denied right away! Please unbanned my Facebook account. The name is Plexistellar."
Ryan Leung
February 1, 2026
"Many of my Facebook accounts were banned in May 2025 for the wrong reasons. Most of my posts were private. And when I tried to appeal it go denied right away!"
Ryan Leung
February 1, 2026
"Ive had facebook and instagram for over 10 years and it suspended all of my accounts due to one of them "not folling guidelines" but I didnt do anything wrong. I tried to make an appeal and ive been waiting over 3 months now with no response and no way to appeal again. I think that this is really outrageous. There's thousands of photos and messages, including ones with loved ones that are no longer here with me, that are irreplaceable and I dont think they should be allowed to just delete your account. Also their verification by taking a photo of yourself makes no sense because some accounts like business ones dont have photos of yourself on there so what the heck are they comparing it to?"
Melissa Pakkidis
February 1, 2026
"My 17 year old account was disabled. It hold the memories of my deceased wife and deceased son."
Douglas Hodges
February 1, 2026
"Facebook and Instagram have been banned by Meta due to accusations of CSE which are completely untrue and is causing damage to business and reputation. Meta AI needs to be removed and humans need to be reviewing what is needed. Meta needs to be held responsible for these bans that are effecting people’s livelihoods"
Sandra Nguyen
February 1, 2026
"Was hacked so IA disabled my accounts"
Debby Dauwer
February 1, 2026
"My Instagram at the beginning of January was also falsely flagged and deactivated for the same reason as everyone else. I appealed the decision and was able to gain access 3 day later. However the following week it was deactivated AGAIN for the same as before. Now every time I try to log in to submit an appeal it tells me there is a “log in error” and I’m not even able to complete the appeal. I’ve tried their stupid self help center, and nothing is working. I’m going on week 4 of not having my Instagram or Facebook because the accounts are linked. There’s no customer support center where you can talk to a real person unless you have an active and verified account that you PAY monthly for. Only then do you get 24/7 access to a “live customer service agent”. If you don’t pay for a verified account then you have no way of getting in contact with a real person or getting any cut service help and are forced to use their self help website that just has broken links and no results and more error codes. Absolutely disgusting. Still trying to find ways to get in contact with SOMEONE to fix my account. Worried I’ll never get access to my accounts again and will lose over 10 years of memories on Facebook and Instagram as well as sharing and enjoying moments in the future with those in my life still on the platforms."
Collin Sullivan
February 1, 2026
"While I don't personally have a story to tell, what I can say is that AI should not be allowed to dictate a person's account, especially since this is the result and outcome of such a thing happening with Facebook, not allowing any person to create a new account and instantly banning them. Now they want to take your info and face, but not allow you to actually join the platform? This is the worst breach of privacy I've seen so far."
Emma Kilbride
February 1, 2026
"I’ve been denied access to marketplace for well over a year now and have been unable to get help from a real person. Someone should be held accountable, their customer service team can do better."
Joe Furtado
February 1, 2026
"In November, I woke to a notification that my id upload for age verification was processing (I never got a request, nor did i upload an id), then Meta disabled my fb & 4 Instagram accounts that were attached to it & said I had no more appeals (I never received even one appeal) my only option given was to download my account info for each account, which was mostly useless info as it didn't contain a full catalog of info, pics, videos, messages, posts, etc. These were a mix of personal & business accounts that I've had for as long as 12yrs. I lost years of memories, photos, videos & connections with friends family & customers imcluding legacy accounts of family & friends who have passed away that I can never get back! I still can't make new instagram accounts. I've made 5 new accounts & they were all immediately shut it down, except 1 that lasted a week before they shut it down during the this time each account would get deactivated, id have to do an appeal, verify my phone #, email, upload an id & have scans of my face taken then they would reactivate & almost immediately deactivate the account again until they either exhausted appeals or left me in limbo waiting for a verification code to file an appeal that would never come."
Daniel Ellis
February 1, 2026
"my facebook account was deleted about 6 month ago. with no reasons given."
camille shafer
February 1, 2026
"My Facebook and Instagram were deactivated with no warning or notice almost 4 months ago. I am a mom of 3 young children and rarely ever even posted. I used mostly to keep in touch with family who lives far away and for local school updates or town updates. I am disturbed to know that meta has access to years (I’ve been on these accounts since Facebook and Instagram were launched) of photos and memories of mine and I am no longer allowed to access them. Truly horrifying. If fixed, I will never post again this is such a serious violation for users and quite disturbing that meta has that much power and no accountability. It’s a SHAME and embarrassing."
Deanna Petrucci
February 1, 2026
"mi facebook me bloquearon tengo fotos de gente que extraño"
Omar garcia
February 2, 2026
"https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/more-than-devastating-locked-out-meta-users-accused-vicious-act/VQTGS33ARZBLRKTWMNREH53F7I/"
Perigon Service
February 2, 2026
"Randomly Just A Few Days Ago I Tried To Message A Friend On Messenger And It Told Me "Your Account Has Been Suspended Because Your Instagram Doesn't Follow The Rules". I Checked My Email And It Said For CSE, Abuse, & Nudity. I Have Absolutely Never Posted Anything Like That. Tried To Appeal And Instead Of Showing Me The Post It Said Went Against Guidelines It Wanted Email Confirmation That It Was My Account. Asked Me If It Was My Account And It Said "Appeal Submitted". That's It. Probably 30mins Later An Email Came Through Saying "Permanently Disabled Because It Goes Against Standards." No Chance To Explain Or Review The Post It Was Talking About.. Just Gone. I've Had This Account Since I Was 15 And Have Pictures Of Family Members Who Have Since Passed Away.. My Aunt And Both Of My Grandpa's.. All Of My Memories Just Gone... I'm So Upset..."
Vanna Starr
February 2, 2026
"My Facebook is @Cottoncandybunny please give it back :( it has pictures of my bf whom passed away and friends that have helped me after his passing."
Shiloh Olson
February 2, 2026
"Im being suspended and accused of wrongful acts when I had a Instagram account for a decade . Why is meta asking people to verify and send video selfies just to give account access saying you follow community guidelines and than randomly log you out and say your insta is permanently disabled later"
Joseph Vigil
February 2, 2026
"I really planned on deleting the social media, but when I was locked out at random for no reason and couldn't accesses any of my kids pictures. Yeah that hurt, could have let me have my pictures at least. :-("
George Peppard
February 2, 2026
"Having instagram and facebook over 13 years… and being disabled for absolutely no reason is unacceptable. AI is not safe. This is getting way out of hand."
Abbie Bradsher
February 2, 2026
"I had the same Instagram and Facebook accounts since I was 14 . Every memory I’ve had over the last 15 years are on these account and they suspend my account with zero help or accountability. Then to accuse people of all these things is just wrong."
Asia Nunez
February 2, 2026
"Had Facebook for more than 15 years. Lost everything on false accusation. Very frustrating"
Tristan Couturier
February 2, 2026
"Had my account for 15+ years, forgot the password. Thought, let's make a new account just to do some browsing. Had to verify with photo id. Said it would take 1 hour or up to a day to verify. So I tried figuring out my old profiles password. Today, both are disabled permanently. Meta ai is trash, nobody uses any of your shit models, so pushing this out to prod is hilarious (I do understand the battle of fighting AI and fake accounts BUT, bro if I provide a photo id and you still ban my account with the same person on it?? WTF?) Hope the company keeps burning because they are on a downwards trajectory (once again, all of there ai models are trash lol, name one person who's utilizing any meta models as agents or anything). Also, is this just a way to data mine peoples faces as the company burns? /Rant"
Marc Davis
February 2, 2026
"I’ve had my instagram and facebook for 15-20 years. All gone in an instant! Never did anything on them for the reason the are saying. I have signed up for new accounts. And I have contacted meta to no avail. They will not do anything. They say your account this gone and there’s nothing they can do about it. I wasn’t given any kind of proof etc of anything."
Jason Morris
February 2, 2026
"My Instagram account of 10+ years with all my connections to me friends, and memories was just disabled for the FOURTH time today and there is no way to appeal the disablement."
Christian Cervantes
February 2, 2026
"I have been on Instagram over ten years. I am a mom of four and an educator. Suddenly Instagram disabled my account for violating community standards. The first ban was in November of 2025. I appealed and after a month, I received a generic apology and they reinstated my account. This pattern repeated over 7 times. I signed up for meta verified on both my facebook and instagram. That was zero help. I cancelled. Today I got a security breach text and email from facebook. I immediately changed my password and secured my account and re signed up with Meta verified AGAIN. no help again. My instagram no has no appeal option. It says my account will be permanently deleted. That's a decade of memories, of my images, videos and contacts. I want my data back. I want my account reinstated. This was an obvious hack or ai security bot error. This is defamation of character. Instagram needs to provide users with real support options and better privacy and security."
Teresa Cantante
February 2, 2026
"Meta has banned my Instagram account 3 times this month for CSE when ive done nothing, the third time my account got permanently banned. Now I've lost photos of my family and pets that I wont be able to get back. The Instagram "help" center just leads me in circles and doesn't fix my issue at all. On top of that its almost impossible to find a way to contact customer support."
Rayne Davis
February 2, 2026
"My Facebook account and many others' accounts have been wrongfully disabled without warning. If users are suspected of violating the guidelines, they should be warned before their accounts are disabled. Many innocent Facebook and Instagram users have suddenly lost access to their accounts. Regardless of the severity of their violations, their accounts should only be disabled if clear warnings against such violations are ignored."
Jonathan Blackburn
February 2, 2026
"I am writing regarding my Instagram account, which was disabled for alleged guideline violations I did not commit. I have consistently followed Instagram’s rules and post content similar to many active accounts. This is the second time my page has been removed for false reasons. This how I network and stay in contact with loved ones."
Halo butler
February 3, 2026
"All I do is watch reels and memes and send them to my wife. I had my insta account since highschool woke up to see I was banned for something that would be very serious allegations. I don’t message anyone on insta or comment and I was utterly disgusted how meta came to that conclusion. The first time i appealed they apologized and reinstated my account. This time they said it was the same allegation as last time but this time i can’t appeal. It’s messed up."
Isaiah Brake
February 3, 2026
"Absolutely absurd. My Facebook and Instagram got suspended and reviewed a month ago and no violations were found(obviously). Now today, Feb 3rd, I find my account fully removed. No warning. No e-mail. No option to talk with support unless you subscribe. Insane."
David Porayko
February 3, 2026
"Hi everyone, I’m posting here as a last resort because I genuinely don’t know where else to turn. Since October, I’ve been repeatedly and wrongfully banned by Instagram under the accusation of child sexual exploitation and abuse, which is completely false. I am 16 years old (born July 6, 2009), and over the past few months I’ve lost six accounts total: 3 accounts banned at once then 1 more then 2 more today My most recent main account, @itzgm.an, was suspended and reinstated four separate times, only to be permanently disabled today without the option to appeal. I have also lost the account @ jussgman and all accounts associated and one of my friends has experienced a similar issue with their account @ toxiccqueenx. In the last 30 days alone, I’ve been suspended four times, always for the same allegation, despite not violating Instagram’s rules to my knowledge. If I had done something wrong, I would genuinely want to know what it was so I could avoid it — but I’ve never been told anything specific, and now I’m locked out entirely. This has had real consequences for me. I’ve lost contact with dozens of friends and connections, including accounts that had nothing to do with anything sensitive. There’s no clear path to human review, and it feels like I’m stuck in an automated enforcement loop. I understand Instagram uses AI moderation, especially for serious categories, but in my case the accusation doesn’t make sense — particularly given my age — and the repeated reinstatements suggest the bans themselves were errors."
Garrison McIlveen
February 3, 2026
"Instagram banned for such heinous things which i would never even think of doing having a child of my own. Disgusted at this accusation, I also have something called a meta quest 3 which contains games ive bought over the years and is now I useless brick as soon all my games shall be deleted permenantly as its linked to my instagram and Facebook. This is making a $800 piece of hardware usless with a further $400 dollars down the drain with no option for appeal. Disgusting."
Eli Holliday
February 3, 2026
"I lost my business page for “child nudity”. I’m a videographer that records music videos and other businesses commercials and more. I never posted a child or any nudity. Losing my Instagram wasn’t just losing a page it was losing a major source of income and years of work overnight. This platform helped me survive financially and showcase my passion. Getting it taken away hit me hard. I tried rebuilding and they take every page i make. My facebook i’ve had since 12 years old (im 29) is gone. My fans my work is gone. My clients don’t know what happened to me. I’ve faced eviction since my page got took i’m still til this day struggle financially i’m currently looking for a job and new ways to span my business"
Omari Davis
February 3, 2026
"My Facebook account was randomly banned tonight for "Child Sexual Exploitation" when I never posted anything like that ever. I Googled this ban an a ton of people are having the same thing happen to them. We better be getting our accounts back"
Brandon Smith
February 3, 2026
"Ive been on facebook for years n years, i never have had any trouble ever like this, ive been banned since last september, i havve tryed too reach Meta, but no help.. my account was wrongfully removed by meta.. meta should be held accountable for this.. like many others lets fight this.."
Jake McCartney
February 3, 2026
"123rdgreen - I am writing to request the recovery of my Instagram account, which has been disabled. I believe this may have been a mistake, and I kindly ask you to review my account I assure you that I have always followed Instagram's Community Guidelines and Terms of Use. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in restoring access to my account please I have years of hard work money put into my account why can’t we contact Instagram directly about this problem?"
Jaylen lucas
February 3, 2026
"I've been personally battling this since an ex intentionally had my Business account banned and deleted. I was unable to recover ALL of my old lifetime data because of this and have had to since try and start over again. Which- as many of you will know- it's impossible once their Ai is against you for whatever reason. It will literally work against you, it will try to constantly emotionally high jack you with repetitive sad and depressing themes when/ your account and stuff you engage has 0 to do with being sad or depressed. They are in court now over stuff with teenagers but they need to be accountable for the negative way in which they are dividing society up and the moralism of the impact that it has on those affected."
Anthony Baxter
February 3, 2026
"A couple of weeks ago, Instagram suddenly suspended my account. I appealed it, but the process was nothing like what I expected. I thought I’d be able to explain the mistake, but instead they put me through a long identity‑verification chain. First they asked for my email. Then my phone number. Then they required biometrics, which completely threw me off because I don’t use that on any of my social platforms. They said the review would take one day — it took almost a week. After that, they asked for a passport, driver’s license, or birth certificate. I was extremely uncomfortable with that, but I submitted it anyway because I wanted my account back. They said that review would take a day too, but it took several more. Eventually, my account was restored. I thought the nightmare was over. Today, I logged in and got a message saying my Instagram is permanently disabled for violating policies related to child sexual exploitation — something I have never been involved in or posted anything remotely close to. Because my Facebook and other social media accounts are linked, those were automatically shut down as well. All of them now say “permanently disabled.” From what I’ve read, it only takes one false report under that category to trigger an automatic shutdown. I’ve also seen multiple people on Reddit describing the exact same situation, so I came here hoping someone has been through this and actually got their account back. I’ll be honest — I’ve also been posting things recently about the current administration and my dissatisfaction with everything going on in the country right now, it’s hard not to wonder if that played a role. I Don’t know 🤷🏽♀️ I’m not making any claims, I’m just trying to understand what happened because none of this makes sense. I’m heartbroken. I had years of memories and photos on there, including people who have passed away. I also do product reviews, so this affects me professionally too. It took me a long time to build my following, and losing everything overnight is crushing."
Venus Cole
February 3, 2026
"I have been on Facebook since my late teens I am now in my late 30's with children of my own. To have both of my accounts banned for violating community guidelines is outrageous and for the claims they have is a defamation of my character because how dare you accuse me of such! I have a small business I run on Facebook and have lost access to that as well as a lot of memories I didn't have saved and I'm afraid I may never get a chance to get them back! All because you want allow a human to address the issue you all AI to handle everything. I am sad, I am hurt, I am angry because with no explanation was this done, no emails, no warnings ... nothing! No one can help you, they don't even care. Why? They have all access to their accounts and stuff! I just keep thinking about my daughters first steps and that video I may possibly never see again all thanks to META AI!"
Sheprentice Wright
February 3, 2026
"Hier matin j’ai tout perdu. Mon compte personnel, mon professionnel sur Instagram ET Facebook. C’était mon entreprise que je bâtissais depuis 6 ans. Tellement injuste!"
Alexandra Lemelin
February 3, 2026
"I lost my account with zero reason given. I was watching reels, relaxing when a notice popped up that I was "suspended". No reason or reference number was given, and that account had recently been monetized. Around 48 hours later I got a pop up that said my account was "disabled" again, no reason or reference number. I cannot even take it to the oversight board. I have reached out to Meta, no response. I had several games I get paid to play that were tied to that Facebook account. I lost access to all of those, some of which had over 400,000 credits built up to use in Vegas (a trip I was planning for my 2027 birthday). I now have zero access to that game and contacting Popslots has also gotten no response. Thankfully I do have a recent copy of my Facebook back up file so hopefully I have everything I have built since around 2009 or so. But everything I ever posted with that account is also gone from Facebook. I am livid because I work animal rescue and had several animals networked with that account. Now I have to begin from scratch to network animals that already had shareable posts. I am pretty sure I know why I got canned........ I made a post telling people in a group I created to behave. It was right after Charlie Kirk got killed. People were trashing him and each other and my post told them to behave or show themselves to the door to save me the trouble. Less that 48 hours after I made that post I was suspended, then disabled. Also, after the disabling it claimed I could "download my info". Clicking to download resulted in nothing. No way to download the most recent backup. The file I currently have is about 8 months old, has 99% of my stuff but not the most recent. Oddly though the instagram account tied to the Facebook account is perfectly fine. If a class action lawsuit happens and I think it should, I want in on it. Not because I seek compensation, this is a matter of principle. It is an technically, a violation of our first amendment rights."
Evelyn Turner
February 3, 2026
"My account has been disabled twice. I appealed the decision in December and my Instagram and Facebook accounts were restored. Yesterday, February 3rd, it happened again. This time my Instagram account was disabled and my Facebook account suspended. The reason stated was the I "didn't follow community standards on child sexual exploitation, abuse and nudity". To make this type of an accusation against someone is more than disturbing. There is no way to appeal the decision or to prove that I did nothing wrong. I am a mom of 4 and a grandma of 8 and to be accused of something of this nature is extremely offensive and unsettling. Meta needs to have an option to contact a real person in cases like this so that accounts targeted incorrectly have an avenue for appeal. I have lost 16 years of memories, including wedding photos, birth of grandchildren and so much more. My son serves in the military and I now have no means to communicate with him when he is deployed. I want my accounts restored immediately!"
Jenny Pfeiffer
February 3, 2026
"Meta isn't just social media but, is tied to many people's careers and livelihood. For someone to be wrongfully banned with little to no option of reclaiming their account could be harmful to their career. While I understand Meta is not responsible for anybodies bills, there is often a symbiotic relationship with th businesses that use meta for marketing, or even regular people that create traffic for Meta via Facebook marketplace. Some aren't even able to make a new account, for it is swiftly banned as well. Not having a means to repeal a wrongful ban, nor the ability to make a new account that could be sustained, is irresponsible and bad business for Meta."
Keevian Gandy
February 3, 2026
"I have had my Instagram account close to 6 years now. I had recently started posting and gaining some traction in the reels and to have this happen at a time where I started making progress is very disheartening. I want to get my account back."
Daniel Trinidad
February 3, 2026
"Meta suspended all of my accounts and also my facebook mind you ive had facebook for 10+ years and ive had my instagram for 8+ so like…."
Ethan Chapman
February 3, 2026
"Ive had my IG account since 2010! Nearly 16 years of pics and memories gone! They said child exploitation after a birds and bees convo with my 16 yo about him and his gf. Why? Cuz I cant afford for my 16 yo to get someone pregnant! Nothing perverse, nothing illegal, nothing graphic. They just deleted my account and it passed over to FB. This is insane! People are getting their cherished memories erased because META doesnt hire actual fkn people. Instead we're forced to deal with broken Algorithms and bots. I want my account back!"
Jared Carvalho
February 3, 2026
"For years I’ve been banned all for posting gaming clips that weren’t a problem until this started I follow the rules did face scan shown id and yet nothing."
Malik Barnes
February 4, 2026
"20 years of pictures of my kids and family. My Nephew died last year and I had unreplaceable messages with him."
Philip McMullin
February 4, 2026
"My Instagram was suspended 6 months ago at almost 40k followers. It wasn’t just a regular account it was my business account. I lost my brand deals that I was working with and had to refund some of the businesses back since I wasn’t able to complete the promo. When I purchased a meta subscription thinking I’ll be able to speak to a real human that could help me. One of the representatives talked to me over the phone he laughed at me while I was trying to address my concern. I’ve gone 6 months without any real help just being told some reviews take longer than others. 6 months with no updates. 6 months without one of my sources of income."
Larissa Stallings
February 4, 2026
"My brother, a former US Marine Vet died this year and all of my memories of him are on Facebook which I have been a member of since 2004 using it as a scrapbook of my life and sharing inspiration in my community. I have been wrongfully banned and now no longer have access to my brother and the thousands of memories with my family and friends. We should have a voice to protect our profiles, and a better understanding of anything that may trigger the AI to help avoid another occurrence. Please stop using this technology or make yourself available to your users."
Ashlee Rybak
February 4, 2026
"Was permanently banned for speaking out on the current political climate. That being the sh*tshow in the States. Reason: child exploitation and nudity... A woman, a victim of pedophilia, is exploiting children. Ok. That's a loss of all conversations with loved ones, family, friends, all photos over the decades. Comments, posts, memories. Conversations and comments from friends who passed. My friends list "friendship" with my father who passed. I made his account into a memorial account, so I can't add him back as a fb friend. I was also the one managing his memorial account. My conversations with my sister, my nephew, my mother. All those memories gone. Everything, gone. All because fragile cowards can't handle truth about the current, sickening political climate. And because of course, Meta, run by a sociopath, has only AI to make these decisions. But yes, keep the actual predators accounts active, along with the racists, conspiracy theorists, sexists, incels, accounts with actual soft core porn. Animal abuse. Hate speech. Scammers, bots. Definitely keep them active though. But permanently ban a caring, concerned woman on the right side of history. Thank you America, for turning the entire f*cking world upside down."
Johanna Allaston
February 4, 2026
"It's important to be treated right we not monster we are innocent"
Da'Sean Campbell
February 4, 2026
"Stop banning accounts without emails or options to appeal! the accounts you’re banning haven’t done anything that we’re being accused of! this is ridiculous! bring humans back AI is NOT doing a good job!!"
Ceara Moss
February 4, 2026
"My profile was compromised 4 Feb26 while I was actively logged in, despite having two-step verification enabled on both Facebook and Instagram platforms. I received no security alerts or emails regarding the unauthorized login, which originated from Hong Kong. My consistent login history reflects that I am based in Virginia, United States. Furthermore, I wish to strongly contest the claim that my account shared content related to "child exploitation". I have never posted such material, and it is clear that this activity occurred while the account was outside of my control. My primary goal is to regain access to my profile to retrieve and download my personal photos and videos. My profile has been active since 2008; I've lost contact with distant family, childhood friends, posting milestones of my nieces. To lose all these memories is heartbreaking."
Tanzania M.
February 4, 2026
"Have been on Facebook for at least 15 years and all of a sudden they say I'm posting or promoting child sex garbage. Must be that they have mixed up my weekly post of Bible hymns with child sex . At any rate , I'm about to sue them"
Robert Rowley
February 4, 2026
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