Meta apologizes for suspending ‘No Kings’ Instagram account, blaming bot traffic increase
Meta said automated safeguards wrongly took the account offline after a Claude tool’s high-volume reading activity resembled bot traffic, and it later apologized.
- On Saturday, Meta suspended the official No Kings Coalition Instagram account during a nationwide day of action for early voting, with visibility restored after about 90 minutes.
- Meta spokesperson Andy Stone attributed the suspension to an automated system triggered by high-frequency posting activity, apologizing and calling the action "clearly taken in error."
- Despite the blackout, the coalition held nearly 3,000 voter events nationwide. A representative told Newsweek the suspension "deprived the movement of a crucial platform" during mobilization.
- Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, stated the group could not post afterward, comparing the incident to social media restrictions recently seen in Brazil.
- The No Kings movement, which emerged in 2025 opposing President Donald Trump's policies, demands Meta ensure such suspensions never recur, calling voter communication restrictions during elections "unacceptable.
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Instagram Suspends 'No Kings' Account for Suspicious Activity, Leftists Led by Bernie Sanders Suddenly Care About Censorship
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has offered a detailed explanation and a fresh apology after the Instagram account of the No Kings movement was suspended for several hours during nationwide rallies for suspicious behavior driven by AI usage. Leftists including Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who were silent for more than a decade of Meta censoring conservatives suddenly are expressing alarm about censorship.
Meta apologizes after suspending “No Kings” Instagram account
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Meta apologized for suspending the Instagram account of the "No Kings" protest movement over the weekend, attributing the shutdown to a sharp increase in activity that looked like automated bot traffic rather than human...
The president's opponents couldn't do four hours on Instagram. Zuckerberg: An accident. Who stopped the protest channel – and why?
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