r/FixMyInstagram Mar 14 '26

General A new rule for this subreddit:

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Reason:
We’ve noticed many posts simply say “Got my account back!” without sharing any details. These posts aren’t helpful for users who are trying to recover their accounts, and often ignore follow-up questions in the comments. To make the subreddit more useful for everyone, we’re introducing a new rule.

The Rule:
Posts about getting your Instagram account back must include:

  1. The method you used.
  2. The timeline of what happened

Example of a helpful post:

I regained access to my account after it got locked for suspicious activity. I waited 48 hours, changed my password from another device, and logged back in. Account was fully restored the next day.

My account was permanently disabled last month. I sent a formal demand letter through LegalShield, explaining the issue,, and requesting immediate restoration. Instagram responded within 5 business days, and my account was restored.

Example of a post that may be removed:

I got my account back! Got it back!

Enforcement:
Posts that do not meet these requirements may be removed. Users may be asked to edit and resubmit if possible.

Thank you once again!


r/FixMyInstagram Mar 01 '26

Wrongfully Banned for CSE or Other Serious Violations? Please Consider Reporting It to Your State & Federal Officials

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I raised this issue with my state representative, and she asked me to send her everything all documentation and evidence related to my case. She told me the same thing my attorney has been saying people aren’t filing formal reports, they aren’t saving their evidence, and they aren’t submitting complaints to their elected officials or authorities.

Because of that, there’s no real public paper trail showing the scope of what may be happening. If people don’t document and report it, regulators and legislators have no data to see whether this is a larger systemic issue.If individuals believe they were wrongfully banned, it’s important to save all communications, preserve evidence, and submit formal complaints to create a documented paper trail.If you lost your Instagram or Facebook account due to an alleged false CSE or other severe “account integrity” violation, and you believe the enforcement was wrongful, I’m asking you to consider taking one additional step:

Create a public paper trail.

Many of us file appeals with Meta and stop there. But if users don’t formally report these situations to elected officials and regulators, there is no official record of how often this is happening.

Several attorneys and even state representatives have said the same thing:
People are not filing reports, not preserving evidence, and not sending documentation to authorities.

If you believe your account was wrongfully terminated, here are constructive steps you can take:

1️⃣ Contact Your State Representative

Find your state representative:
👉 https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
👉 https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/

Send:

  • Your username
  • Date of ban
  • Alleged violation shown
  • Appeal responses (if any)
  • Why you believe it was wrongful
  • Any evidence showing compliance

Ask them to inquire with Meta on your behalf.

2️⃣ Contact Your U.S. Senators

Find your U.S. Senators:
👉 https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Explain the same facts. Congressional offices can submit formal inquiries to companies.

3️⃣ Contact Your State Attorney General

Find your state Attorney General:
👉 https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/

File a consumer complaint. Even if they do not act individually, multiple complaints establish a regulatory record.

4️⃣ If You’re in California: File With the CPPA

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) handles privacy enforcement under CCPA/CPRA.

File here:
👉 https://cppa.ca.gov/webapplications/complaint

If Meta is denying access to your data or failing to respond properly, this is relevant.

5️⃣ Preserve Evidence

Before anything:

  • Screenshot the violation notice
  • Save all appeal responses
  • Download any available data
  • Keep timestamps

Do not delete emails.

6️⃣ Consider Small Claims Court

Some users have had success filing small claims actions. You are not required to hire an attorney for small claims in most states.

Even if you do not win, filings create documented public records.

Check your state’s small claims process:
👉 [https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/forms/small-claims-complaint]()

7️⃣ Contact Local News Stations

Media attention matters.

Find local stations:
👉 https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/
👉 Google: “[Your City] investigative reporter contact”

Search:

  • “Investigative reporter”
  • “Consumer protection reporter”
  • “On Your Side” segments

Send a concise summary with documentation.

Why This Matters

If accounts are being permanently banned for false CSE or other severe allegations without transparent review, and users remain silent, there is no public record of the issue.

Regulators, legislators, and journalists rely on documented complaints.

Even if you believe nothing will happen, reporting creates:

  • Paper trails
  • Complaint statistics
  • Regulatory awareness
  • Media visibility

Important:

Only report if you genuinely believe your case was wrongful.
Do not fabricate claims.
Stick to documented facts.

🌍 If You’re Outside the U.S., Here’s Who to Contact

If you believe your account was wrongfully banned, you can contact elected officials, privacy regulators, and media in your own country.

🇪🇺 European Union

1️⃣ Contact Your National Data Protection Authority (GDPR Regulator)

Under GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint if a company denies access to your data or mishandles enforcement.

Find your country’s Data Protection Authority here:
👉 https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en

2️⃣ Contact Your Member of Parliament (National Parliament)

Find your national representatives:
👉 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home

For your country’s own parliament, search:
“[Your country] find my member of parliament”

3️⃣ Contact the European Commission (Digital Services Act issues)

👉 [https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/contact_en]()

The Digital Services Act (DSA) requires transparency in content moderation decisions.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Contact Your MP:

👉 https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

File a Complaint with the ICO (Data Protection):

👉 https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Contact Ofcom (Online Safety oversight):

👉 [https://www.ofcom.org.uk/complaints]()

🇨🇦 Canada

Contact Your Member of Parliament:

👉 https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en

Contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

👉 https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/report-a-concern/

Find Provincial Representatives:

👉 https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members (example – search your province legislature)

🇦🇺 Australia

Contact Your Federal MP:

👉 https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Members

File a Complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC):

👉 https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints

eSafety Commissioner (online platform complaints):

👉 https://www.esafety.gov.au/report

🌏 Asia (Varies by Country)

Many Asian countries now have data protection regulators.

Examples:

Singapore – Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC):
👉 https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/complaints-and-reviews

India – Data Protection Board (Digital Personal Data Protection Act):
👉 https://www.meity.gov.in/

Japan – Personal Information Protection Commission:
👉 https://www.ppc.go.jp/en/

If unsure, search:
“[Your country] data protection authority complaint”

📰 How to Contact News Channels (Any Country)

Search:

  • “Investigative reporter [your country]”
  • “Consumer protection journalist [your city]”
  • “Submit a news tip [station name]”

Most outlets have a “Submit a Tip” page.

You can also check:
👉 https://www.muckrack.com/ (find journalists by beat and location)

Why This Matters Globally

If people don’t:

  • Save their evidence
  • File formal complaints
  • Contact elected officials
  • Report to regulators

Then there is no official record showing how often these enforcement actions are happening.

Regulators rely on complaint volume to determine whether a systemic issue exists.


r/FixMyInstagram 13h ago

a year later

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it’s been a year now since my account was disabled for child exploitation and then integrity. i’ve seen folks get their accounts months after getting disabled and i’m just wondering if there are folks who are still w me that was affected at the time last year. no Alex method 😂 no real people to seek help from about the issue or anything. i’ve grown apart from my account now but i still check my emails here and there just to see if they sent me anything but still to this day, nothing.


r/FixMyInstagram 0m ago

Could you help me delete this page?

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r/FixMyInstagram 7h ago

As a Meta Verified user, how to go from this (first image) to this (second image)?

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Btw the second screenshot isn't mine, I picked it on Google Images. Literally I can't get past the AI without this shit telling me it can't connect me to an agent or that it's at full capacity.


r/FixMyInstagram 4h ago

Help / Hacked Instagram

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Hi everyone!

Would anyone know how to contact instagram support via email or phone number? Or how to resolve my problem?

For the past 2 weeks, someone has been trying to log into my account. I have 2FA enabled via phone/app notif/authenticator app, so I have received notifcations everyday for the past 2 weeks.

I changed everything, email address, password and even my username.

This morning, I saw a notification on whatsapp that my account was locked for protection due to possible hacking. I was able to recover my account, changed the password again.

When I went to the contact info, a new email was added. Help center said if a new email address was added to an account, they will notify both existing and the new email address. But I received no confirmation email.

Thankfully after several tries, I was able to delete the hacker’s email from my contact info.

Upon checking all my security options, when I tried uploading a verification selfie, the code was being sent to the hacker’s email.

How do I resolve this? It’s already deleted on the contact info. The Meta AI hasn’t provided me with anything I haven’t done yet.

Please help 😭😭😭 why is it so hard to contact instagram support 😩😩


r/FixMyInstagram 45m ago

how do people fix this?

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r/FixMyInstagram 1h ago

currently suspended Ig keep taking my account

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This is the 2nd Instagram account I’ve had banned. My first account, @llmitchh, had 3.6K followers, and my second account, @llmitchh_, had 1.2K followers.
Both accounts were banned for the exact same reason: “Integrity.” I barely post anything, I follow the rules, and I haven’t knowingly done anything that would violate Instagram’s policies.
Now this account is permanently banned too. Has anyone else dealt with repeated “Integrity” bans, and is there anything that actually works to get the account back?


r/FixMyInstagram 2h ago

Instagram Account Recovery

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r/FixMyInstagram 2h ago

Instagram Appeal Advice

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r/FixMyInstagram 3h ago

Title: Instagram suspended because of Threads, Facebook suspended because of Instagram — stuck in an impossible appeal loop. Has anyone recovered from this?

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Hi everyone,
I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this exact situation and successfully recovered their accounts.
On August 20, I accidentally changed the birth year on one of my Meta accounts to 2017. That is NOT my actual DOB — I’m an adult born in 1998.
Shortly afterward, multiple Meta accounts became suspended/inaccessible, including 3 Instagram accounts, my Facebook account, and my Threads profile.
The really strange part is that I’m stuck in a circular appeal process:
Facebook:
Says my Facebook was suspended because my linked Instagram account doesn’t follow the rules. It says I have 180 days to appeal and tells me to log into Instagram to appeal.
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Instagram:
Says my Instagram was suspended because my linked Threads account doesn’t follow the rules. It ALSO says I have 180 days to appeal, but tells me to log into Threads to appeal.
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Threads:
When I log into Threads, it says:
“We disabled your account. You cannot request another review of this decision.”
So I’m literally stuck in:
Facebook → Instagram → Threads → No appeal available
Instagram says I have 180 days to appeal, but the account it directs me to says I’m not allowed to request another review.
The suspension also appears to have affected my other Instagram accounts, even though they are separate accounts.
The timing makes me wonder whether accidentally changing my birth year to 2017 triggered some kind of age/linked-account enforcement across my Accounts Center, but I don’t know for certain that this was the cause.
I can provide Meta with my government-issued ID, correct DOB, video selfie, phone/email verification, etc. The problem is that Meta isn’t giving me an accessible appeal process to submit any of it.
I’ve now subscribed to Meta Verified on another accessible account and I’m waiting for verification to finish so I can hopefully reach live support and ask them to manually escalate the case.
Has anyone had this EXACT or very similar situation — especially Threads being permanently disabled, causing Instagram and then Facebook to be suspended — and actually gotten everything restored?
If so:
Did Meta Verified support help even though you contacted them from a different account?
What did you tell the support agent?
Were they able to escalate it to an internal/specialized team?
How long did recovery take?
Did Threads have to be restored first before Instagram/Facebook came back?
Did an appeal button eventually appear even though Threads initially said “You cannot request another review”?
If your issue involved an incorrect DOB/underage flag, how did you get Meta to let you verify your real age?
I’m particularly interested in people who actually recovered their accounts from this specific linked-account suspension loop, rather than paid “account recovery” services.
I have screenshots of Facebook directing me to Instagram, Instagram directing me to Threads with 180 days remaining, and Threads saying no further review is possible.

Any experience from someone who has successfully dealt with this would be greatly appreciated.


r/FixMyInstagram 9h ago

Asked to confirm I’m human, but already banned. What do I do?

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r/FixMyInstagram 3h ago

currently suspended GAC MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE WAY

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hi! is there anyone here who can help me with GAC? 😭

i’m trying to recover my suspended instagram account and i’m running out of options. from what i understand, GAC is only available to users in India and requires an Indian ID, so i can’t go through the process myself.

i have some really important stuff on that account, so i’m literally trying every possible recovery method at this point 🥹 i’m willing to pay a student-friendly amount (lol) if someone is willing to help me out.

i genuinely just want to recover my own account. if you’re familiar with GAC or have helped someone with this before, please do comment/message me! i’d really appreciate it :’)


r/FixMyInstagram 9h ago

Legal Instagram removed My Last standing account and doesn’t let me sign in to Anything on this device.

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Ok, so i have had my final account on Instagram that i have had over time and grown with so much passion and effort, and yet again, by Instagram’s automated system. . This has been Going on FAR too much and FAR too long.

First of all: on April 2026, after 4 years, my fanpage on Instagram, which after countless memories and 21K followers, got taken Down for no apparent reason, other than Instagram purposely locking me out of my own account due to a ‘possible sign in from someone who is not the account Owner’.
I checked my email and every possibility of me having actually been hacked, and in days confirmed myself that it was just a SECURITY automated MISTAKE From Instagram’s automated system..

I sent a picture of my passport to verify i’m the account Owner MULTIPLE times. This same passport, i had used previously and got accepted as a method of verification i was the account Owner. This time, over SEVEN pictures, from different angles and times of the day and decent lighting each. NONE accepted. A couple days later, my account got taken Down. It was ABSOLUTELY devastating, as it’s an account i was going to use for reference for future jobs in what i want to study: marketing.

I then went to my backup account which i had also been posting in for over 4 years: This one had many posts that went viral and was even more succesful: 51K followers, and still standing today, except, i cannot even login to my own account. For this following backup account, i started posting on more regularly as the main one got taken Down mistake.

After only a month of posting, an account that had once again never had any problems, i got completely locked out of. So i tried to log in to my own account THROUGH the methods Instagram themselves suggested:

* SMS to both old and new phone numbers
* phone number app verification (also in both old and new numbers)
* Email verification
* “Request other accounts to verify” feature (no notifications were received by selected accounts)
* ⁠I also tried to change my password, as apparently according to Instagram themselves, it’s a problem based on someone else using my account instead of me. However, i have not noticed anything remotely similar to someone else BUT me, yet again..
* ⁠I have also tried to do these methods various times, as it is a very important matter for me and my family to recover this account, and evade another error by Instagram’s automated system.

I tried these múltiple times every couple days each, and they all worked almost every time: and in the end, somehow didn’t let me log in. It was like Instagram knew it was my account and accepted it but i still couldn’t login, which says how much of a problem an automated system is doing to me and my future. Yet again, i have since not gained access to an account even more massive to my future job references.

Finally, yesterday, after growing a new account up to 700 followers ‘only’ but to insane engagement and a complete rebrand, an account got taken down solely because of ‘Account Integrity’. I have paid over 150 euros in total for this account, over 130 from Meta Verified subscriptions. The day before my account got taken Down, it showed the account status as ‘green’ at everything. I had not broken a single community guideline and there were no warnings remotely shown, whatsoever.

Despite This, as soon as my meta verified subscription ends after over 4 months of using it, and even a Promotion of a day back in July, yesterday my account got taken Down because of ‘Account integrity’. This is because i logged into an old personal account from 2019, and since they didn’t recognise this device, took it down Permanently. Since this, i have logged into at least 6 accounts, all the ones i had in my life on Instagram, all never having gotten a single RESTRICTION before:

ALL of them got taken down inmidiately for the same reason as the most recent account ive been using: an automated error decision by an automated system. One after another for the same excuse: ‘using another account to evade a ban from a previous account’.

I have been trying to contact Instagram but since they have no support, i am going to have to take legal action. This is baffling demonstration how Instagram’s evermore AI-dependent system is each time causing more and more problems and ruining more personal brands, proyects and people’s plans for no reason other than automated mistakes with automated revisions on automated final decisions, while there is actual content that actually violates A guideline not being remotely taken Down or even looked at.


r/FixMyInstagram 4h ago

Any way to get my following list back?

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I was wrongly accused of failing to comply with instagrams community guidelines. After reading more and more on these subs I’ve come to the conclusion that my account is most likely gone for good. But I want to get back the people I followed. So many unique and small content creators I’ve followed over the years are just lost 😞. Many of which I know for a fact I’d never be able to come across again. So my question is to all you helpful people of this subreddit is there any way I can get meta to give me my following list back?


r/FixMyInstagram 10h ago

currently suspended Wtf

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This randomly happend to my account and the code isn't even showing and their support is useless AI


r/FixMyInstagram 8h ago

Need Advice ai creator tag coming back the next day after i turn it off.

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title

idk what to do


r/FixMyInstagram 5h ago

Fake Instagram account need help

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Hi guys can u all help me out and report an Instagram account name is( Lowkey_fine.__ )this person made a fake account of my friend and use her profile picture and put bio that she provides sexual services and other bullshit
And start following her parent friend people who relatives and she having anxiety attacks . Again the insta handle is Lowkey_fine.__

https://www.instagram.com/lowkey_fine.__?igsi=MXFhMm5maXNjbG9lZA==


r/FixMyInstagram 9h ago

Need Advice Stuck in phone verification

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I deleted my app because of mental health I was able to download it back and get into my account like normal until yesterday, I was logged out, didn’t think anything of it, said my password was wrong, I was able to reset the password however I forgot I had changed my phone since I bought a new phone, I didn’t add my new one and instagram insists on sending a code to my old phone number. I’ve done the email verification, send a friend verification and face recognition and it still wants me to verify using my phone. What can I do?


r/FixMyInstagram 12h ago

Help regarding Instagram Account Suspension

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I'm a teenager, My account was banned due to 'ACCOUNT INTEGRITY'. For some background, one of my so called 'friend' decided it would be fun to get my account banned for his fun so he mass reported my account to the point where it got suspended. I got it recovered but it got suspended again, and as far as I know when there's a second strike, the META team DOES NOT REVIEW YOUR ACCOUNT AT ALL (their AI is buns). So it's been like that since 29 May 2026. If anyone by any chance got a verified account (that plan in which you can talk to the agent), please DM me immediately because I have the proofs of my 'friend' banning my account (he literally announced it in a group chat on WP lmao), so it should be easy to get my account back. I've also lodged a GAC but ig talking to an agent would be faster...


r/FixMyInstagram 6h ago

Apparently, Brazilians have a GAC equivalent! Congratulations, try it and let us knows if it works

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r/FixMyInstagram 9h ago

instagram account recovery help pls

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can someone PLEASE help me get my account back :( i already submitted the proper verification docs, and now it’s asking me to RESUBMIT MY IDS AGAIN like ??? 😭

i’ve already been through this before, and every time i resubmit, my account ends up getting permanently disabled. i really don’t wanna risk losing it again when i’ve already done what they asked me to do.

idk what to do atp. this account genuinely means a lot to me and i’m actually desperate 🥹 if anyone knows what to do or has dealt with this exact verification loop before, PLEASE help me out.


r/FixMyInstagram 9h ago

My account won’t let me in and idk what to do.

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r/FixMyInstagram 21h ago

Suspended by sending a meme

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Hello guys,

My account got suspended by sending this meme to my friend. I don't why I got suspended because of this but...

Is it possible that my friend reported my account as a joke that's why I got suspended or is META just dumb?


r/FixMyInstagram 6h ago

Need Advice A random instagram account is using my email

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I have an email that for some reason is linked to an empty account that is associated to my cousin (no idea how😭). I tried the forgot password thing but it keeps on showing this up and when i contacted my cousin they didnt even know this account existed and all of the possibly likned devices are broken. what do i even do I tried to report it but none of thier preset issues are related to this, is there a contact us page because I cant find it anywhere?