Facebook, Instagram pages disabled after being wrongly accused of ‘child endangerment …

CHICAGO (WLS) — Viewers turned to the ABC7 I-Team, saying that Meta unfairly disabled their Facebook and Instagram accounts. In all four cases the I-Team looked into, the account holders said that they were wrongly accused of “child endangerment” and their Facebook and or Instagram pages disappeared. Some people have gotten their pages back, but they all say the appeals process is frustrating. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch “I wasn’t able to contact my diabetic support group for my daughter,” Natalie Martinez said. South suburban Homewood mother Natalie Martinez was in disbelief when she saw her Instagram account was disabled. Photos, memories and messages were all gone. “And next thing you know, I’m getting notifications on my phone from email, from Instagram telling me your account has been suspended,” Martinez said. Meta also deactivated her Facebook page, plus several other linked Instagram accounts were yanked. She says a sub-account promoting her son’s soccer team was the first account shut down. The messages she got from Meta said her page “Doesn’t follow community standards on child sexual exploitation, abuse, and nudity.” “I was totally taken aback,” Martinez said. Martinez says she couldn’t get anyone from Meta
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