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has anyone got any news of their account being reinstated (or not) after filing small claims to California and served meta ? please detail with time line if you did.

I started filling small claims on 16/08 , e- filling got accepted on 18/06 by clerk and I served meta yesterday. my court date is on 01/12

also, never trust meta verified. This is a total scam. I had Meta MAX and I got with an agent who assured me they took my case to a intern review team on 02/07. I’ve waited 1 month and half and this morning they closed the ticket without saying anything :)

I'm in contact now with Legal Shield and they're preparing the Demand Letter...

Can anyone here residing in Canada share their timeline? I would greatly appreciate it... 🙏🏻

I have received an update from IG that my acct has been reactivated but it's been 4 days now and still I can't access it so I'm opting to sending them demand letter... 🙃

When you search my name and account on Instagram through the Instagram Search Bar, Meta AI is generating a false response stating that I was convicted of fraud and identity theft, but when you check the sources the AI is using, it's someone with the same last name as me different first name, and it is attributing their criminal charges to my account summary. I have no relation to this person nor do I know this person, we just have the same last name and they are from the same state as me, so Meta AI strongly believes that my account is tied to his criminal history. I have contacted Meta through all of their support channels to fix this issue and they have been no help. I am wondering the best legal routes to take for this issue if there are any. I am planning to send a demand letter to their offices to fix this identity conflation but I am not sure if that would be helpful as I've heard long replies or no responses, and this is an urgent issue as it involves serious defamation falsely accusing me of a crime whenever someone searches my username/name. Please advise

At this point, it’s clear that Meta is not offering any real human support to users whose accounts were disabled or banned. However, one thing is becoming very obvious: Filing legal complaints against Meta is actually working. Many users who have gone through official legal channels (consumer complaints, regulators, attorney general offices, etc.) have successfully recovered their accounts. People are sharing real experiences, not theories. So please don’t stay silent. Right now, official complaint platforms are receiving 100/200 + cases per day, but until this number doubles or increases significantly, Meta will not feel enough pressure to act. Collectively, we need to push this to hundreds of thousands — even 1 million complaints. At that scale, Meta cannot ignore it. Everyone should: File complaints using legal routes available in their own country Contact media outlets / journalists who can amplify this issue Share your experience publicly so others know they’re not alone The reality 50,000+ users are reporting that Meta wrongfully shut down their accounts There is no real human review, only automated AI decisions Appeals often lead nowhere unless legal pressure is applied If you’re affected, speak up. If you’ve already filed a complaint, share your experience here so others can learn

This only changes if we act together

So i decided to do small claims and im in queens right now my summons was delivered to meta on around last days of june and the court processed the case on 18th or 19th of july and i got a mail from meta where they asked me for my information it was a letter mail and i replied to them with all info on 20th july and still there is no reply from meta . I got my trial date in october do you think they will reply or a attorney will meet me directly in court?

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Hi everyone,

I'm sharing my experience here out of sheer frustration and desperation. I lost two Instagram accounts that I used for my personal digital portfolio (for personal branding) and as a small content creator.

1. On June 26, 2026, my primary account was disabled due to a CSE flag.

As a heads-up, I rarely used this account except to post certificates, coding projects, scholarship applications, internships/volunteering, bootcamps, competitions, and daily life. This was my college account and a key resource for my future career, so I was devastated.

However, a few hours after I submitted my ID and selfie appeal, there was a login attempt from Algeria using a device I had never used before. I didn't think much of it, assuming someone just entered the wrong login details. Nothing suspicious had ever happened on that account before, and when I checked my login info, devices, and IPs, everything looked normal except for these past entries:

•• January 26, 2023, at 12:03 a.m.

•• January 26, 2023, at 3:16 a.m.

•• March 12, 2023, at 5:54 a.m.

All of these were from different devices and IPs. I never received notifications about these and had no idea they existed. For context, I hadn't enabled 2FA on this account because I never expected anything like this to happen.

Additionally, I noticed abnormal activity spikes on this account:

•• November 26, 2025: There was an unusual spike in follower activity.

•• June 2, 2026: There was another unusual spike in follower activity.

2. On July 2, 2026, I submitted an appeal using Meta Verified.

I thought this might be part of a ban wave, so I requested an escalation. On that exact date while appealing, there was another login from Brazil using a device completely different from the previous ones. At the time, I thought maybe it was a Meta staff member escalating my account.

3. I started using my older secondary account to continue as a small content creator.

This account was verified (blue tick) and had a Professional Dashboard. I intended to shift my focus here after losing my digital portfolio. But on August 6, 2026, this account was also disabled due to Integrity violations caused by alleged fraud. I was extremely confused because the account had a very healthy status and I used it sparingly.

Then, the pattern repeated: on August 7, 2026, I received a login notification originating from Syria. I was completely baffled and tried so hard to figure out what was happening. Ever since my first account was disabled, I had enabled 2FA out of fear, yet the same pattern still happened.

Additional Information:

•• I checked Have I Been Pwned, and it turns out my Gmail address was leaked in a data breach back in April 2020.

•• That leaked Gmail address was the recovery email I used for both of my Instagram accounts.

I have tried escalating through Meta Verified support, but the Meta supervisors rejected it. Now the situation is much worse: all of my Gmail accounts have been fully hacked (passwords, recovery emails, and recovery phone numbers were changed), leaving me completely locked out of everything.

( r/facebookdisabledme banned me and r/facebook removed this post immediately, No idea why)
I just noticed this morning that I got 4 emails 13 hours ago saying simply

"Hello,

After reviewing your appeal, your Page [PAGE NAME] has been published. This means it can now be viewed publicly.

The Facebook Team"

When I logged into my Facebook account, It worked and I was back online!!!!

Immediately got contact info from my friends I'd lost contact with and sighed the biggest sigh of relief in months.

TIMELINE - (3 Months 9 days // 13 Weeks)

* Purely informational for others in similar situations to know what they might expect

May 05 1:15am (local time)
Mid-messenter message I got a noticication to login for account security purposes.
While trying to login, See an email saying my account was suspended for violating community guidelines on CSE. I submitted an appeal which was instantly rejected, getting an email saying my account was permanently disabled and could not be appealed (by 1:30am , less than 15 minutes total). This impacted my Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads, and Business Suite apps.
I used a different Instagram business page and bought Meta Verified to contact support , Who had a human log in with a Screenshare to see the error I was getting on Instagram, and told me to wait and it would resolve.
By mid next day, my Instagram and Threads accounts had started working properly again, But Facebook, Messenger, and Business suite were still locked out.

May 12
After searching for support on Reddit and additional Meta Verified support , The support said because CSE is the most severe restriction type, normal support could not help, and because the appeal decision was already made, I'd have to request Meta's Oversight Board to review the decision, and I needed have a separate email not associated with a Meta Product to receive an outreach from Meta once they reviewed the case. I made a new email and tried to escalate, but you have to have a "Case ID" associated with the restriction, which I didn't have. Support said to use that support case number, which didn't work (wrong format). So no luck there. Every other support outreach I tried was AI "The decision is final and we can't do anything"

May 25 / 26
At suggestions of reddit after searching for further options, Filed complaints with my State Attorney General (Ohio) and FTC over false accusations against me (and noted that the number of people being accused of the same thing suggested this is a large scale issue affecting many people) - In addition to personal I lost access to business pages and cited financial and reputational damages.

June 04
Received a reply from my AG affirming they would help me, asking for account details and that same new email not associated with any meta products.

June 17
Received a reply from my AG that they have begun my case and sent a request to Meta and would expect to receive a response soon.

July 02
Received a reply from my AG saying Facebook responded that "I indicated that I was not located in the US" . I work in Japan but maintain a residence and valid State Drivers License in my home state, where I was born and raised all the way up through university graduation. My Facebook account was created in my state 5 years before I moved abroad for the first time. Also I was physically in the US for work at the time I received this email.

Even though the AG said they couldn't help me since they received the response from Meta saying they considered the issue closed,I pushed back saying this seems like the laziest cop-out possible , And unacceptable for a company with the size and resources of Meta , (which my AG seems to agree with).

July 14-16
I asked for a followup from my AG and got a reply aksing for my Drivers License , which I sent.

July 17
I drafted and sent a Demand Letter via Certified Mail to Meta Headquarters and their Registered agent (CSC) in my state to put more pressure on and prepare for further steps. I noted the Financial and Reputational losses for our businesses due to lost access and the false response to my AG inquiry regarding my location.

July 29
Received a reply from my AG that they had reached back out with my explanation and Drivers license and awaiting a response.

August 14 (this morning)
Received the 4 emails from Facebook saying my pages were reinstated following a review and publicly visible again.

Upon logging back in, it said Restrictions to my account (Restrictions to manage admin groups, pages, and events) from May had expired June 04. I still have not received any evidence or reason as to why my account was suspended in the first place.

To those of you in a similar situation, Hold onto hope this will be resolved for you.

Accounts stolen and hijacked. PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING ME. CANT EVEN USE MY OWN ACCOUNTS. MOGGING MY ENERGY and ASSAULTING ME. Trying to control my dreams and the views on me, my family. ITS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING ME AND CONTROLLING MY DREAMS. AUTOMATICALLY SHARING MY POSTS WHY IS IT DOING THIS? WHY AND WHERE IS IT AUTOMATICALLY SHARING TO INFILTRATE LIKE THIS? I CANT EVEN USE MY OWN ACCOUNTS SO WHO THE FUCK IS?
TOO DEEP #justice

I'm losing hope lowkey, been 1 month since they asked for my new email address never used in any social media used by them, and still no any news, even my lawyer took vacations without telling me anything and doesn't answer.. smh

Filed in small claims in May and Meta responded. Just awaiting a court date, but court said they are so backlogged they won’t have a date until 2027. Good luck to anyone filing in Austin, Texas lol.

Hi everyone, I need some advice from people who have gone through Facebook/Meta’s DMCA counter-notification process.
I submitted a DMCA counter-notification on July 21 because someone falsely claimed one of my original videos as copyright infringement. I am the original creator and owner of the video.
It has now been over 14 days, and I still haven’t received a decision or any clear update.
I have a few questions:
How long did it take for Meta to review your DMCA counter-notification?
If it took more than 14 business days, how long did you wait?
Is it normal to not receive an email immediately after submitting the counter-notification?
How did you know whether Meta had actually received or forwarded your counter-notification to the claimant?
Did anyone here have their content restored after waiting longer than 14 business days?
I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through the same process. Thank you!

My client has cosmetology clinic in the UAE. Their account (he never violated any rules) was blocked with no reason — no option to review, support doesn’t answer for 80 days.
A lot of money, time and other resources were wasted for this IG account. What to do to sue META and unblock this account