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Losing my Meta account because of release delays

I recently lost my Facebook account for two months, and was significantly cut off from certain aspects of society during that time. This is the dark side of account bans.

The only way I managed to get my account back was sheer luck, likely heavily assisted by the number of people with large follower counts who retweeted my post. I hadn’t thought much about it beforehand, but so many restaurants and cafes here purely use Instagram (or sometimes Facebook) to host their menus, public holiday trading hours, or other important announcements. For every real person who’s just had their life upended by an undeserved account ban, there are also malicious actors abusing the support systems for their own gain.

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