Artist whose Instagram handle was 'Metaverse' had her account disabled after Facebook …

Artist whose Instagram handle was ‘Metaverse’ for nine years had her account DISABLED days after Facebook announced its name change to MetaInstagram account with ‘Metaverse’ handle disabled after Meta name changeArtist Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 and had 1,000 followersBut it was disabled when Instagram’s parent firm Facebook changed its name Instagram later restored it; said it was ‘incorrectly removed for impersonation’ By Sam Tonkin For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EST, 13 December 2021 | Updated: 14:06 EST, 13 December 2021 An artist whose Instagram handle was ‘Metaverse’ for almost a decade had her account disabled days after Facebook announced its name change to Meta, it has emerged.Australian Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 to document her life studying fine art in Brisbane, as well as her trips to Shanghai, where she built an augmented reality firm called Metaverse Makeovers.She used the handle @metaverse alongside her creative work and had fewer than 1,000 followers when Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, announced at the end of October that it was changing its name to Meta. Artist Thea-Mai Bauman, whose Instagram handle was ‘Metaverse’ for almost a decade, had her account disabled days after Facebook announced its name change to Meta, it has…
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