

permanently disabled account – what CAN i do?
hi, i know this is probably a really stupid question to ask but would there be aaaaany possible way to get my account back at this point???
so around early monday morning (AEST), i opened instagram to check my messages as i usually would & was hit with a suspension notice telling me that my account had been suspended for "account integrity" & that i had to appeal within 180 days or else i'd permanently lose access to the account!!!!! i obviously understand with all the new AI/moderation stuff being added that mistakes are 100% going to happen + i genuinely have no idea what i could've done wrong anyways😭😭💔 i have had this account to myself for years now. the only possible reasons i can think of is either mass-unfollowing old friends or having a celebrity as my profile pic for a while lol
i had tried appealing several times using both the video selfie & ID scan option which apparently still didnt prove to meta that i AM a real person as the account was eventually disabled
anyways i'm honestly just really frustrated as its my main way of communicating with friends & family, especially as an older teen & because i have YEARS worth of stored content on there like story archives, conversations, memories etc that i really really don't want to lose forever
i've also noticed (after looking through this subreddit for quite some time) that there seems to be a massive suspension/ban wave recently so i would like to assume i'm not the only person this is happening to right now lololollll
if anyones been through something similar & managed to get their account back one way or another, please let me know asap!! i have absolutely no idea what to do anymore
thx in advance 🙃