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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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"This is really crazy. My entire business is suffering because of this. AI has pros and cons."
celena lampkin
January 31, 2026
"I want my account back and its ridiculous how nobody is doing anything"
Lawrence Aurigemma
January 31, 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 31, 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 31, 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
February 1, 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
February 1, 2026
"Meta needs to stop disabling accounts for ANY reason!!!!! Fuck censorship!!!!!"
Panzerfaust .
February 1, 2026
"Facebook violates first amendment rights!"
Panzerfaust .
February 1, 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
February 1, 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
February 1, 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
February 1, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026
"My 17 year old account was disabled. It hold the memories of my deceased wife and deceased son."
Douglas Hodges
February 2, 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 2, 2026
"Was hacked so IA disabled my accounts"
Debby Dauwer
February 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026
"my facebook account was deleted about 6 month ago. with no reasons given."
camille shafer
February 2, 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 2, 2026
"mi facebook me bloquearon tengo fotos de gente que extraño"
Omar garcia
February 3, 2026
"https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/more-than-devastating-locked-out-meta-users-accused-vicious-act/VQTGS33ARZBLRKTWMNREH53F7I/"
Perigon Service
February 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 2026
"Had Facebook for more than 15 years. Lost everything on false accusation. Very frustrating"
Tristan Couturier
February 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026
"It's important to be treated right we not monster we are innocent"
Da'Sean Campbell
February 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026
"There is a singer I follow. She is 26 years old. This year, last year I put this is the young artist, and she's touring the US come out to see her cause every young artist needs our support. Well, Instagram banned me for their . Saying I was exploiting a minor the girl's 26 years old."
Florencio Juarez
February 5, 2026
"My account was wrongfully banned for CSE and I wad unbanned for 2 weeks just to get banned again for the same reason no appeal option given and on my first ban it just made me do a selfie I couldn't even explain the situation to anyone."
Brandon Ragan
February 5, 2026
"my mf instagram acc keep getting suspended"
Cyonna Reaves
February 5, 2026
"I have been a user of Facebook and Instagram since they were launched. I am a mom with private accounts and very few followers. Recently, I was told my account was being suspended for posting explicit content of children. I appealed both times, and both times were found to be a mistake. Then, on February 3, with no contact from Meta whatsoever, my accounts were completely disabled, and I was told I no longer had the opportunity to review. First of all, that’s a very serious accusation, and I don’t take it lightly; however, it is patently false. Additionally, Meta doesn’t provide any way for a human to review my accounts and confirm that I have been following all community standards and guidelines. I feel very upset about losing all my memories, but their move has prevented me from accessing my business pages. This is a completely unfair practice, and the fact that they don’t provide you with a human contact is unacceptable. It is called social media, ot AI media!"
Audrey Howes
February 6, 2026
"Lost my account of 10 years. I did fight it, got it back. Just to get deleted again within a week. I can not reach out to anyone to fix it. Or even fight it again. Just says it gone"
Tianna Ellis
February 6, 2026
"Ai is ruining Facebook. There should be no reason that I lose a 19 year old account because of Ai falsely flagging my account"
Annias Simmons
February 6, 2026
"After a few months of operating w/o any issues my business page on FB was wrongfully accused of impersonation and I've yet to get it resolved despite multiple attempts with their support team to have a review conducted to reverse the decision. My page is drastically hindered in the meantime after having it exist for just as few months. Their support people have no clue what's going on and aren't given the tools or authority to make any decisions. Requests simply go into a black hole."
Brandon McCombs
February 6, 2026
"https://abc7chicago.com/post/facebook-instagram-pages-disabled-meta-being-wrongly-accused-child-endangerment-social-media-account-owners-say/18544206/"
Perigon Service
February 6, 2026
"My account was 13 years old. I lost every picture and video of my kids growing up. Mostly I lost all the conversations I had with my baby brother who tragically passed away...I'll never get any of those things back."
Carrissa Rae Chandler
February 6, 2026
"My 20 year old Facebook account that I made when I was 14 years old was suddenly suspended based on an Instagram account of mine (that I hadn't used in over a year) apparently going against Community Guidelines. I sent all the appeals I could, and they then told me the Instagram account in question was deleted. However I still cannot access my Facebook account, and it tells me that I need to log in to that now-deleted Instagram account in order to appeal any further, which is literally impossible since the account has been deleted by Meta. There are photos of my late mother on there that I haven't backed up anywhere else, and I have lost a source of jobs as I have gotten many gigs through Facebook in the past. Meta NEEDS to address this, or at the very least make it possible for users to reach a human being when there are issues."
Chris Monk
February 6, 2026
"Second time in six years that my account was disabled wrongly the same broken system that flagged it is the same broken system that deemed it banded how when there is no human, you can talk to ,to overlook it."
Kristen Roberts
February 6, 2026
"I have done nothing wrong, and when I see what other people are doing it makes me feel even more put down than I already am."
Jack Denney
February 6, 2026
"Never had an issue with Instagram until 1/21/2026. My account suddenly got disabled permanently for CSE which I didn't do anything of the sort. No warning or anything. Didn't even specify which one of my posts was flagged. Because all my Meta accounts are linked, the ban took out all my accounts. I appealed but got declined almost instantly. I've contacted all my elected officials and my State AG. They all say the same, nothing can be done because Meta is a privately owned company."
John Shannon
February 6, 2026
"I have been on Instagram for over ten years, building connections and storing memories. My account was permanently disabled without clear explanation, apparently by an automated system. There was no human review, no access to support, and no way to recover my data. This process is unfair, opaque, and completely inadequate. Users deserve transparency, proper review, and a chance to defend themselves. Such arbitrary actions cause unnecessary stress and isolate people from their communities and important personal content. Meta’s current approach is unfair and fails to provide the support and accountability that users deserve."
Gabriella Conte
February 6, 2026
"This is crazy they need to stop being lazy and stop using AI to take this kind of decisions"
Francisco Holguin
February 7, 2026
"Hello, my name is Kyle Morgan Mitchell II and I have been trying to contact instagram support or appeals support in regards to my account Kingycm. For about a month my account has been randomly getting suspended for guideline purposes that I am not misusing nor incorrectly following. I am trying to figure out why my account is continously being suspended unnecessarily. The first time, I appealed and my account was back online within 2 or 3 days stating that instagram made a mistake and I have been following all the guidelines. The second time my account was down/offline for about 4 to 5 days but I was still able to use my Facebook account. When my instagram account was returned, instagram again stated, they were sorry and I have been following all the guidelines. This time my instagram and Facebook accounts have been down since JANUARY 11TH. The day before(JANUARY10TH), I didn't even use my account, and I awoke 4am in the morning on the 11th, to scroll and check msgs before I headed to work, and my accounts were again suspend and I had to quickly do another appeal process before I headed to work. This is very displeasing and uncomfortable, especially not having access to my Facebook account as well. I wasn't even using my account when it was suspended again, for the third time randomly and this time my accounts have been down for 27 consecutive days. It is now February 6th Friday afternoon and I am looking for this to be resolved immediately. I am also looking for a reasoning on why this random occurrence keeps happening and what is instagram doing or what do I need to do in the future to stop this from continuing to happen. I've had my account for over 15 years and this has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND ESPECIALLY NOT THIS CONSISTENT OR BACK TO BACK. I hold alot of memories and ideas on these accounts that i do not want to lose because of a system malfunction. Please resolve and help me resolve this issue as soon as possible/Immediately."
Kyle Mitchell
February 7, 2026
"My account has been suspended 2 times in the last 45 days and each time I got a email saying “after review” you did nothing wrong and sorry for the inconvenience. Then this week it was permanently disabled. No email just a note when I tried to log in. No way to appeal, nobody to turn to for help. All 3 times it claimed it was for child endangerment, which is crazy. I’m a mom of 4, a teacher, soccer team manager and PTO leader. I’m a mandatory reporter and am finger printed for my job. This madness needs to stop. Meta must do better and be held accountable."
Amy Stewart
February 7, 2026
"On 2/6/2026, I was accused of CSE. This is false. I am a professional in my community an like this could ruin my career. I appealed and AI denied my appeal with NO explanation. There is no one to talk to, no way to defend myself. The last thing I posted was advertisement and marketing for my private practice. And within that advertisement it just said how I support people with mental health recovery. This is not okay. I will join any class action law suits that come along."
Tammy Walker
February 7, 2026
"On December 23, 2025, my primary Instagram account (@cinemagravy, approximately 46,000 followers) was suspended. An appeal was submitted the same day, and the account was reinstated within approximately 48 hours. On January 10, 2026, the same account was suspended again under an allegation related to child exploitation. An appeal was submitted immediately. Unlike the first suspension, the account was permanently disabled. No specific content was identified as violating policy, no strike history or prior warnings were provided, and no evidence was shared. Since January 10, 2026, I have been unable to access the account despite multiple appeal submissions and escalation attempts, including outreach through my manager and Meta contacts. No appeal timeline, explanation, or resolution has been communicated as of today."
Michael Greenwood
February 8, 2026
"I have had my FB & Instagram disabled by meta for no reason at all. This AI ban affecting so many people without appeal help or resolution. No real person to speak to at all. After having my accounts for 15 years without issue, I want them back !"
Stacey Schurtz
February 8, 2026
"Well, when I reported a real fake account of someone pretending to be my mom and someone pretending to be a friend who has passed away, Meta did nothing. Now you are deleting real accounts that are regularly updated. There has to be a better way. Add extra review options and real people available to help. We obviously know AI isn't without many faults."
Laura Dail
February 9, 2026
"ive been perm banned after appealing a ban back and forth for 2 months. every acc, gone. every memory, gone. ive had the acc since middle school. the reason? child exploitation. this is slander snd defamation of name and character."
Sky Garrison
February 9, 2026
"i deleted my old instagram account in 2023 because i was being harassed after my login was leaked online. just made a new one 2 days ago for my music, had not posted yet, liked anything, followed anyone ect. and the account was suspended for violating meta terms. reading online about solutions had only shown me how much of a problem this is between data leaks and random bans... im never coming back to instagram and i am deleting my facebook. F meta. F zuckerberg. F social media in general. face it people, its dead. only a matter of time before the same thing happens to emails and phone numbers which then locka you out of all your online accounts for school, banking, business ect. get out while you still can."
Zak Hall
February 9, 2026
"They disabled my account in February 8, 2025. I'm a Licensed Realtor in the State of Oregon and have lost business because of not being able to connect with my community, have lost touch with friends that live on the east coast and lost all of my pictures and memories that I thought was safely stored on FaceBook. Even though I'm MetaVerified and actually spoken with a human being, they could see that my account was hacked, I even shared screenshots of the IP address that hacked my account, they just said that there was nothing they could do to restore it and I've since been banned. It's devastating for so many reasons. Something else to think about, Meta products, like Meta Glasses, are immediately inaccessible, should you lose your account. Food for thought."
Heidi Jeppesen Gornik
February 9, 2026
"My instagram account (@jawaewae) of 8 years was wrongfully suspended on New year’s eve 2025 then reinstated January 2,2026 to then be permanently disabled on February 3rd 2026. This has caused a tremendous loss to my social life and has negatively affected my mental health."
Jaydon Broomfield
February 9, 2026
"Banearon 2 cuentas importantes, personal y de negocio injustamente, no hay nadie a quien acudir, nadie contesta nada."
Sergio Cabrera
February 9, 2026
"I got locked out and falsely accused and was absolutely furious being a victim of childhood rape ..and having children and grand children myself..it brought up old emotional pain and trauma and meta took absolutely No accountability for the damage they caused"
Lisa Anne Marie Dagraca
February 9, 2026
"This is so sick what their doing to so many people and the cruel allegations with children being involved it’s sick my pages of over 15 years just gone they took my instagram and facebook account because they were connected so many baby pictures of my children I don’t have anymore so many memories just gone it’s sad"
Shiyequa Willis
February 9, 2026
"I am joining my voice with hundreds of other users who, like myself, have had their long-standing accounts deactivated due to a massive systemic error in Meta’s algorithm. My account holds 15 years of my life. More than a decade of family photos, travel memories, and connections with loved ones were erased in seconds based on a false, automated accusation of 'child exploitation.' As an adult living in Canada, with a strictly private and family-oriented profile, I state categorically: this is a False Positive. What is happening is a legal and human rights violation: Lack of Human Review: Thousands of innocent people are being judged and 'sentenced' by AI bots without any right to a real defense. Emotional Damage: Our digital memories are being confiscated arbitrarily. Baseless Accusations: The algorithm is labeling everyday users with heinous crimes due to a technical failure. I have already filed official complaints with Consumidor.gov.br in Brazil and the Data Protection Officer (DPO) in Canada. We will not accept Meta’s silence. We demand that a human analyst reviews our accounts and restores what is rightfully ours. If you are also a victim of this glitch, do not give up. File official reports and speak out. Together, we will make Meta listen!"
Alessandra Mesquita
February 10, 2026
"Instagram banned my private account and the business one, they even banned my new account I've created. They almost ruined me."
Sofía Martinez
February 10, 2026
"I use Instagram to monitor my child’s teen account. I never post a reel or anything. I was disabled twice for supposed “content violations.” I appealed twice and won. Then all of a sudden my accounts are completely gone and I can’t get in at all. Facebook and Instagram. I lost 20 years of photos from Facebook."
Erin Nevelow
February 10, 2026
"My friend has a business on instagram and they have blocked her from selling just because her business account was hacked. She even paid money to they to have a secure account and she was still hacked."
Michele Hough
February 10, 2026
"My instagram was wrongly banned!"
siahh harris
February 10, 2026
"Meta has suspended my account for just sharing an internship opportunity in our college organization's FB page. Their AI is a mess. I lost all my contacts."
Joseph Potts
February 11, 2026
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