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Instagram Wrongly Suspended - Defamatory Reason Given

My instagram was recently suspended, and the reason given was sickening (certain kind of "exploitation"). I am outraged, and I don't even know if I want to appeal the decision, since it would mean having to give my name and other info. I don't trust META at this point, and wouldn't want my info in their systems associated with this sick "exploitation" topic. My instagram was over 10 years old and was private from day 1. I never once posted anything on my account, and I never sent any DMs to anyone. I only ever commented on stories in other accounts (mostly news stories). I never followed any sexually-themed accounts or inappropriate content. What I lost in the suspension is years of accounts that I've been following for news and other local content, in addition to friends and family contacts that I would keep up to date on via instagram. So I haven't lost any photos or posts, as some of you have. Nevertheless, I feel a great loss of connection. I am trying to figure out how or why this happened. The only explanations I can come up with are:

  1. some people didn't like my comments on news stories and sent mass false reports about my profile. I don't want to get political here, but I think this should be mentioned for the record in case it has happened to others; some of my last comments on news stories were about Israel, and many people apparently didn't like what I commented. I even got a warning from instagram that said something like "many people have reported this comment. do you want to delete it?" And I didn't delete it. Some of my comments had thousands of likes and many responses, with many in agreement and many angry about what I said. Even though I'm American, I was accused of being a "bot from Qatar" by pro-Israel people. I thought it was ridiculous. I could imagine people who didn't like my opinion somehow mass reporting me falsely of a heinous offense, which might have triggered AI moderation. But why would it suspend based on unfounded and malicious accusations and no evidence?
  2. I was hacked.

I am leaning towards explanation #2. I downloaded my instagram info, and below (see what I pasted at the bottom of this post) is what I saw under login activity 3 times listed about an hour before my suspension. Is this indication of a hacker? I don't understand what user agent "C++/THttpClient" refers to. This is such an awful situation because even a mere accusation related to this (even if it's totally false) is reputation-damaging. I can't even mention this to friends, since they might suspect that there is something to it. "I was hacked" seems like a made-up excuse, but in this case I think I must have been. Any thoughts on how to proceed or what to do to protect myself?

Type Account activated
Port number 0
App Web
User Agent C++/THttpClient
Language en
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u/Caterpillar100 — 13 days ago

Controlling a mouse remotely using robotics

We're looking for suggestions about how to create a relatively low cost robotics setup that would allow us to physically control a wired mouse remotely via internet from another computer. The robotic arm should be able to hold onto and move the mouse as directed by the user remotely. Additionally, since we would need to be able to click the right and left mouse buttons on the mouse to be controlled, we might need to attach some kind of "fingerbot" or other actuators on the arm. The issue of being able to see the monitor display of the computer that's connected to the wired mouse is a separate task and one we're dealing with separately; it isn't something we need help with here. We aim to be able to control the target computer by controlling the robotic arm remotely, and we are looking for a setup that wouldn't require complicated programming. Yes, we know there are ways of virtually controlling other computers via software, but that's not what we're looking to do here; we are looking to physically move and operate the mouse. Thank you in advance for any suggestions you can offer. What products or types of products would you recommend? How have others been able to physically operate a mouse remotely using robotics?

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u/Caterpillar100 — 3 months ago