‘No Kings’ Says Meta Cut Off Access to Instagram Account on Key Protest Day – Newsweek

Leaders of the “No Kings” coalition said its main Instagram account was suspended for roughly 90 minutes on Saturday as nearly 3,000 events were taking place across the country as part of the group’s early-voting push ahead of the November midterms. Even after the page became public, organizers said they remained unable to access the account’s backend for roughly four hours, preventing them from posting or communicating with their network. “This suspension deprived the movement of a crucial platform right as communities were joyfully and nonviolently mobilizing,” a representative for “No Kings” told Newsweek on Saturday via email. “We cannot post or communicate with our network, meaning Meta is still actively depriving us of our platform at a critical time.” The coalition called the suspension “unjustified.” Meta said access was disabled in error because of an automated action. “When accounts post, share or comment at very high frequencies it can trigger automated systems,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote on X on Saturday. “That’s what happened with the No Kings IG account in the lead up to today’s day of action. Unfortunately, that automated action was clearly taken in error. Everything is now working as it should and we sincerely apologize.”
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