I have gone back and forth about whether to share what happened to me on April 1, 2026. One day after my birthday, I woke up to an email from Instagram informing me that my account of 146,000 followers was suspended after receiving a third party copyright claim on a photo from 6 years ago. At first I thought it was spam, or maybe even an April Fool’s joke. Unfortunately, I quickly learned the email was legitimate when I opened the Instagram app to find my profile blank and an uncloseable pop up prompting me to log out of the now deactivated account. Continue reading “My Instagram account was Disabled at 146,000 followers (allintheblush)”
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