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:
- 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?
- 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 |