Meta Apologizes for Suspending No Kings Instagram Account During Protests

Meta apologized for mistakenly suspending the No Kings Coalition's account, attributing the error to a spike in bot traffic detected by its automated security systems.

6 publishers · 7 articles · first seen 18 Oct 2026 · updated 18d ago

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6 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 18 Oct 2026. All Content from Business Insider published first, on 18 October at 00:38 UTC; Hacker News followed 41 min later. The most recent article, from CNET, appeared on 19 October at 20:39 UTC.

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