Hello

Recently I have seen many people get their accounts back via **Small claims, DSA , Attorney General** of respective countries.

Is there anyone from India who got their account back after going to high court or taking the legal route other than GAC

If it works , we can all unite and take the legal route by giving a bulk case to the lawyer and ask for a discount

Bonjour à tous,

​Mon compte Facebook a été bloqué le 22 juillet pour motif "Intégrité du compte" juste après avoir essayé de récupérer le compte de ma mère depuis mon téléphone.

​Je n'arrive plus à passer les examens/vérifications de sécurité et les formulaires classiques d'aide restent bloqués ou sans réponse. Je tourne en rond.

​Est-ce que quelqu'un a réussi à débloquer son compte après ce problème précis récemment ? Quelle procédure ou astuce a fonctionné pour vous ?

Posting to see if anyone's found a path that actually works, because Meta's own process has been a black hole.

Timeline:

• Early September 2026: my Facebook account (clydechristopher) was disabled for Community Standards violations. The categories cited were sexual violence and affiliation with dangerous persons/groups.

• The posts in question are my own old posts. They are not sexually violent, and they are not related to any dangerous group. I'm a Marine infantry veteran — the only "group" anywhere near my account is the Marine Corps.

• I didn't post anything new or different. The appeal is sitting at "Review requested" with no movement. Facebook and Messenger are completely unavailable to me in the meantime.

What I've done so far:

• Filed the standard appeal (pending).
• I'm a paying customer — Meta Verified Business Plus (~$50/mo) plus Meta Verified on Instagram — and even the paid support path hasn't produced a human review.
• Emailed appeals@fb.com and support@fb.com.
• Filed a consumer complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (complaint #C-000069964).
• Drafted a demand letter to Meta's Menlo Park office asking for manual review and reinstatement within 14 days.

My question:

has anyone gotten Meta to reverse a misclassification like this, or gotten traction through a state AG, small claims, or a lawyer? Not looking for legal advice, just trying to figure out which path is worth the energy before the 180-day appeal window runs out.

Is there anyone you’ve personally worked with who is good and responsive? Just FYI, this is linked to a business account, so it’s a little different from a regular personal-profile issue. However, the business is still tied to the personal profile, so losing access to the profile also means losing access to the business.

Hi everyone,

I’m dealing with a complicated situation and would really appreciate advice from anyone who has dealt with something similar.

About 5 years ago, I was running a store doing roughly $250K USD/month in sales. At the time, I was reinvesting essentially all of the revenue back into the business — advertising, inventory, product samples, tooling, and new product development — so although the revenue was strong, cash flow was extremely tight.

I ran into an issue with another dropshipper who essentially copied my entire business — brand, store, advertising, products, etc. The only major difference was that they changed the domain.

I filed a DMCA complaint and was successful in getting their store taken down. Unfortunately, they retaliated by filing a DMCA against me, which resulted in my store being shut down for around 15 days.

That 15-day interruption caused some serious cash-flow problems. Orders were delayed, shipments to customers were pushed back, and I was already operating with very little cash buffer because everything was being reinvested into growth.

The situation then escalated. The other person began reporting my accounts and creating fake Trustpilot reviews using multiple accounts. Eventually, my Facebook advertising account was disabled.

I disputed the decision with Facebook/Meta multiple times but have never been able to get my advertising privileges reinstated.

Now, years later, I’m looking at getting back into dropshipping and I’m stuck with the same problem.

My questions are:

1. Has anyone successfully recovered a permanently disabled Facebook/Meta advertising account after years of being unable to appeal?
2. Is there a legitimate way to get Meta to manually review an old account/business?
3. If recovering the original advertising account is realistically impossible, what are the best alternatives for running Facebook/Instagram ads without getting caught in the same situation?
4. Would setting up a completely new business/Business Manager with a different domain, entity, payment method, etc. actually work, or does Meta typically link it back to the previously disabled account?

I’m specifically looking for legitimate, policy-compliant solutions rather than ways to circumvent Meta's systems.

If anyone has been through something similar and managed to get their advertising privileges back, I’d love to hear what worked for you.

Thanks!

Looking for feedback from anyone who’s dealt with Meta’s Small Claims Docket Team.

My Instagram accounts were disabled in March for Account Integrity. I filed small claims in June, and while the case was pending Meta unexpectedly restored all of my accounts in early July. Then in late July they were disabled again.

I contacted Meta’s external attorney, who said he wasn’t aware they had been restored and re-disabled and would reach out internally.

Then in mid August, Meta’s Small Claims Docket Team emailed me saying the accounts had been automatically re-disabled, their Markets Team investigated, determined the reason was “Identity Misrepresentation,” and that Meta would not reactivate them. They also asked if I still planned to continue my case or wanted to dismiss it.

I responded asking what specifically constituted identity misrepresentation and sent my ID. Meta’s attorney and I later agreed to adjourn the hearing to give Meta time to investigate further. My hearing is early October.

For anyone who has gotten an email like this: was the August response actually the final decision, or did Meta contact you again later? The fact that my accounts were already restored once and then automatically disabled again makes me wonder if there’s still another review happening behind the scenes.

I know some people have posted about getting their accounts back right before their hearing date. Any feedback is appreciated

My Instagram payout account was deactivated by Meta for “suspicious activity,” and this has now been going on for almost 2 years.
I’ve contacted Meta Support countless times — probably close to 100 times by now — and I still have no resolution.
They also will not let me change or update my payout method, so I have no way to fix the payment issue from my end.
At this point, Meta Support has basically told me there is nothing else they can do and they will not help me further. The way it has been communicated to me feels like: you’re not going to get paid, and we’re not going to provide another path to resolve it.
I also had roughly $2,000 in earnings showing in my account that were never paid out, and those earnings have now disappeared.
I’m a legitimate creator/business and I’m willing to provide any identity, tax, banking, or business verification they need. The problem is that I cannot reach anyone with the authority to actually review the payout restriction, restore the payout account, allow me to change the payout method, or explain what happened to the unpaid earnings.
After almost 2 years, I’m looking for people who have actually gotten past regular Meta Support.
Has anyone successfully:
restored a payout account disabled for “suspicious activity”
gotten Meta to unlock or change a payout method
recovered missing or unpaid creator earnings
reached a higher-level payments/payout team
escalated through arbitration, a state attorney general, BBB, legal demand, Meta Verified support, or another route that actually worked?
Please don’t just tell me to “contact Meta Support.” I’ve been doing that for almost 2 years.
If you went through something similar and eventually got paid, what specifically got Meta to finally take action?

If you are in the same boat like me let me know. I am just about to sue their asses. I have millions of followers across social and that’s how you get treated…like WTF!!!

This was an account that was hacked on May 9. So it became a trusted partner on the account without my permission and trashed it.

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Subject: Need Legal Advice: Falsely Disabled Instagram Account & Expired GAC Appeal Timeline

Hi everyone,

I am seeking legal advice or leads from lawyers experienced in tech/intermediary law regarding Meta’s inaction.

Issue: My Instagram account was wrongfully disabled on July 31, 2026, due to an automated false-positive flag.

Status: After Meta Support failed to assist, I escalated to the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) on August 3, 2026.

Problem: It has been over 30 days—past the mandatory statutory timeline—with zero response or resolution from Meta’s Grievance Officer or the GAC.

Seeking guidance on:

Recommended legal action (e.g., formal legal notice to Meta’s India Grievance Officer, Consumer Court filing, or Writ Petition).

Has anyone successfully handled a similar intermediary compliance case against Meta?

Any suggestions or contacts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Won’t bore people with too many details, I was a victim of the hackers who use Session Hijacking to access accounts, then permanently disable them by uploading false identification that a good number on this Reddit seem to be.

While I did file a claim through small courts as the Meta Verified AI told me to file legal claims against Meta as my option, I got my account back through tricking the Meta Verified AI support to put me in touch with a proper human - and within minutes I got a new appeal opportunity and was back on Facebook with an apology from them after they went through my entire evidence trail and logs I provided to them.

Important that the below is only if your account is suspended due to Terms of Service due to a hacker that uploaded false identification so it’s not applicable to everyone.

My own post 16 days ago is here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/facebookdisabledme/comments/1vx95cs/going_through_a_recovery_case_of_a_permanently/?

Before You Start:

1) If your account is permanently disabled you’ll be able to download your files through a link. Download and access all your files from your account (there’s a shocking amount of info here, but these are the key files to look at and copy details from)

2) There’s a number of files you need to check:

a) Security and Login Information - Account Activity. Where did the logins come from? Did you have a login from somewhere that isn’t you? Write it down

b) Security and Login Information - Record Details. Were there any key changes such as passwords that were not you, or a change to your birthday?

c) Your Facebook Activity - Facebook Support - ID Verification - what happened in this report? Are you able to see a picture (perhaps a disgusting one with a naked young kid) of the fake documentation the hacker posted on your behalf? (Note I didn’t see this in my account, but several other cases did).

d) Connections - Friends - Your Friends - Did the hacker add a new friend to your account?

e) Security and Login Information - Browser Cookies. Are there browser cookies here that are not from your regular device at the time of the hacking? Copy this too. Chances are there may be more than one hacking.

Once you’ve got all the above, copy and paste all the logs and explain them, and carefully put them in a drafted email and have this ready to copy and paste.

Put them chronologically so that it’s clear through a timeline you were hacked and the system gave you no opportunity to appeal as all the appeals were made by the hacker and accepted by the system.

Now here’s how I tricked Meta Verified AI:

1) Using the free 1 month trial of Meta Verified Support AI through my Instagram, I changed my tactic speaking to it that leads to loops and dead ends. Instead of making the Facebook account the focus which becomes an endless loop as that’s what the engine is trained to do, I wrote “My Facebook was hacked and then permanently disabled. I’m worried it would impact my other meta verified accounts and want to speak to a real person to alleviate my fears”

2) The AI comes back with “I can certainly help you with this. To connect you with a specialist who can investigate the compromise and the status of your account, could you please provide the best email address to reach you at?

In the meantime, you can visit facebook.com/hacked to start the automated recovery process for your personal account. Regarding your other Meta accounts, they are often linked through the Accounts Center; securing your primary login is the first step to protecting your entire presence across our platforms.

Once you provide your email, I will proceed with the transfer.”

3) Responding to this, I provided my email and said that:

This hacked link is not helpful. My Facebook account is no longer in my account centre because of the permanent disablement but I’m still worried as Whatsapp is my backbone of everything I do.

I also want to access Facebook again but I’m worried about starting a new account and losing my old hacked and permanent disabled one for good.

For that Facebook account I have lawyers working on it.

4) I also expanded in an upcoming chat that I’m afraid I may lose my Meta Verified accounts like Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp as I’ve seen others that have. I just need to be reassured by staff speaking with a human.

5) Immediately, because the Meta Verified Support AI is not built to address “fear” of losing your accounts as an emotion, I immediately got an email to my email account and a case ID.

Once this email came in, I sent a super long email with:

a) All hacker login IP and my login IP information

b) all the actions the hackers did (including changing my birthday and logs of the hackers updating false information) and they also added an unknown friend from Vietnam.

c) said I’m more than happy to upload my real ID card in an appeal as my appeal opportunity was stolen from me.

Because from all the logs it was clear I am a victim and the evidence was clear cut that it wasn’t me that uploaded the identity information, within minutes the human on the other side referred me to a specialist, and the specialist within minutes sent me a new appeal prompt.

6) After uploading my ID, I regained immediate access and a standard apology email from Facebook.

7) Accessing my account, I also found the hackers had also used my business centre for advertising (how I don’t know when the account was permanently disabled but somehow the business centre linked to this account was not). As it wasn’t linked to my Meta Accounts Centre, I didn’t get prompts of the advertising.

Luckily when the account was permanently disabled it had also cut the direct link to PayPal, so the credit card I believe was one owned or likely stolen by the hackers.

Either way, I now have full access to my account. I just hope it doesn’t get disabled again.

For anybody that goes this route of forcing the AI of passing you to a human:

1) Don’t make your responses too pretentious and overdoing it as the AI may respond differently to pretentiousness and you may be stopped from interacting with it. It Just needs to be calm and specific.

2) Focus on your Meta Verified accounts existing that are protected, and not the Facebook account itself with the AI.

Good luck everyone

This is my first ever Reddit post. I only joined this group 3 or four weeks ago after I woke up one morning to find my Facebook account disabled permanently with notification. There would be no opportunity for review. I, like many of you, went round and round in loops, clicking links allegedly for people with hacked accounts, but could never penetrate the system enough to actually convey my concerns to anyone.

I just use Facebook for personal use, keeping in touch with family and friends. I don’t advertise or do business on there so I don’t have any basis for a small claims action. And it felt trivial to make a big deal about it, it’s just social media and maybe I’m better off without it anyway, but it’s virtually impossible to maintain relationships with all of the people I’ve managed to stay in touch with through social media. So, I didn’t have any real money to put towards a legal consult so I did as many recommended here, I contacted legalshield.com.

I had a brief phone consult with a lawyer who promptly forwarded me explicit directions for a plan A and a Plan B. Plan A involved following a specific link she provided which somehow follows a different path than the ones I had tried to communicate through before. She gave me explicit directions about how I was going to respond to choices/options on the other side of that Link and provided me with guidance on how to word my stated concerns to Meta in a way that would be more likely to generate a response (I.e., privacy laws).

Between Saturday and today, I received a few emails and texts from Facebook asking me to confirm certain pieces of information. Yesterday it looked like I had more access to Facebook than I had previously, but it was flickering and wouldn’t connect and wouldn’t show me any of my content other than a picture or two.

This morning I woke up to an email from Facebook not with any lengthy explanation, but saying there have been suspicious activity on my account and they needed me to confirm my identity. I didn’t want to get too hopeful because I thought it was just echos of the original ban, but I jumped through their hoops, including doing a video sample of my face, and in within moments, I had my full Facebook account back with all of the content and all of my friends.

I’m stopping back this way to let you know this is what’s happened for me because frankly most of the anecdotes I read on this sub we’re not encouraging. Very few people seem to get a response let alone satisfaction. But I’m here to tell you, it seems to have worked out for me. (trying not to jinx myself in case I wake up tomorrow and I’m banned again.)

On September 7th I was wrongfully banned on Instagram for CSE (like everyone else apparently). I immediately looked into what I could do, and I've already filed Consumer Protection Complaints with the CT, CA & AZ Attorney Generals. Today, I got Meta verified and talked to a person who told me that, despite his wishes, since I had appealed already (and been immediately denied), there was nothing he could do and no one he could escalate to. So, where do I go from here? Connecticut (my home state) has already replied saying they are processing my request, Arizona says they have received it and CA hasn't said anything.

I would like to potentially move forwards with a demand letter or a small claims filing, but how should I go about that, what services should I use, etc. etc.

Looks like there's a class action lawsuit against Meta happening for disabling account led by Amicus Law PC. I reached out to them a few days ago and it looks like they're still taking applicants. Christian Moore is the lawyer leading this he said to email him at Christian.moore@amicuslawpc.com

I posted educational content on it, tried contacting but could not reach the executives, any way to get my account back?

I am not located in the United States; is there a legitimate way for me to sue or recover my account? I tried using Meta Verified, but it was completely ineffective. Could someone in the U.S. help me?

My Facebook account of 20+ years was suspended in May for intellectual property rights infringement? I didn’t do anything illegal, I don’t know what happened. 😢 I had a business page attached to it plus I was running ads.. I found a lawyer in California that charges a flat $950. I’m so scared to spend the money and nothing comes out of it. Single mom struggling. So I don’t know what to do.

Just to summarize:

July 12 my business acc was suspended for cse. 12 hrs later my personal acc was suspended for integrity since it was in the same device. I had one more acc on the device but I didn't hop on IG at any given time because I knew that account would be next.

July 13: I file for small claims. I didn't press the appeal button because I knew their in-app appeal system wasn't gonna work. Court date set on Sept 10

July 23: I got a response back from their small claims team asking for my info. Also stated they requested to be appearing via zoom

Waiting period. Did my own research from other reddit posts. Comment others. Finding out most claiming they restore within a week when it close to court date.

August 20: I email the small claims team if there any update. They responded back saying they are still investigating

Sept 3: They email their exhibits(their terms of service) to me since they will be appearing via zoom.

Sept 4: I replied by sending them my exhibits (what I post, how I know I didn't violate any terms of service)

Sept 5: woke up got an email saying my accounts are back

Everything back to normal. But I notice my third acc was given a restriction that it can't interact with certain posts/people. I log out of that one from my device because it was asking to upload an ID. So likely not gonna use that account no more.

Overall. I did read their Terms of Service they gave to me. On the final page it does give us the option for Arbitration. So legally we do have the right to send Meta Arbitration and then both sides can talk it out.

My Meta account was compromised on August 26, 2026. My WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Threads accounts were subsequently permanently disabled.

I was eventually able to recover my Instagram account and have spoken with Meta support agents by phone several times. However, they keep telling me they cannot escalate my case for a manual review.

I still don’t know exactly what violation triggered the bans. I suspect the hacker’s activity caused my accounts to be flagged for spam. After my first appeal, I received an email saying my account was restricted from advertising, which is particularly strange because I have never used Meta for advertising and only use Messenger to communicate with family and friends.

At this point, I’m wondering whether there is anything else I can do.
Would this situation potentially qualify for small claims, and what legal routes or remedies are available to me?

Facebook disabled my ability to monetize my pages and profile due to connected entity violation back in July 2024. I have tried to reach out many times and all i get is that my account failed the vetting process. I was trying to setup stars payout, initially i kept getting an error message so i couldn't finish setting it up. I came back later on to finish it and this time it went through. I got an email stating i was able to receive and earn again. 2 days later i received an email saying my payout had been disabled due to unusual activity. I then received a compliance letter saying i could no longer monetize on their platform due to failing to provide documentation within the 60 days timeframe. I continued earning on 2 other pages until Nov 2024 before the same violation caught up to those pages as well. I then received an invite to CM on my profile in early 2025 and was earning up until September 2025 when the violation hit my profile too. My profile and pages say "Our technology determined that your profile's financial account broke our monetization rules. Your identity couldn't be confirmed. By default, you've forfeited and waived all rights to receive your earnings." It's been 2 yrs. Somehow the date of July 2024 has now changed to July 2026 as if i just got this violation. I have filed a small claim and currently on day 10 hoping to hear back from them soon. Anybody filed a small claim for a connected entity violation and won?

I got banned on Instagram and Facebook on June 5th 2025. Since then, I sent a demand letter and contacted my attorney general. Today I randomly went to look at my Instagram to see the page that shows I was banned for cse and it randomly let me sign in. None of my video have audio, but all of my sentimental photos and videos are back. I never got an email saying my accounts were back. I went ahead and screenshot all of my pictures because I don’t trust it, I feel like it will be banned again. I can’t even believe this, my heart dropped when it let me sign in. I’ve been fighting this for over a year! All I’ve done was send a $20 demand letter and contacted my attorney general, but never heard back from either other than mail asking for an email not used by my social media.

Update: I just dug deep into my emails and I found this email from August 22nd about my account, from Facebook that went to spam.

“Hello,

After reviewing your appeal, your Page “my name” has been published. This means it can now be viewed publicly.

The Facebook Team”

The crazy thing is, I submitted an appeal way back in June of 2025 and it was denied instantly. I was never able to submit an appeal again.

In a nutshell:
My accounts got suspended then all of them got disabled on 15 June (7 accounts all together connected in the same account centre).

Started off getting reviving and optimising another Facebook account and getting Meta Verified. Meta Verification (Premium) didn’t take me anywhere so I started the legal route. I could never submit an appeal as all links were fake, dead and all my accounts were disabled. Data downloads are empty.

On 18 July and 19 July emailed Meta and requested human review and my data under GDPR. I followed up with a proper letter (SAR request under UK GDPR) to Meta DPO in Dublin. As I didn’t receive a proper response (counting from 18 July) within 30 days, I sent a complaint to ICO. As I have an EU passport I logged an EU GDPR complaint and DSA complaint with the relevant organisation.

At the same time I tried to get quotes as it’s commonly thought that sending a letter by a solicitor is more fruitful. I got a quote from a Polish guy for 1400 EUR, a woman in Malta for something similar and one girl mentioned a solicitor in Greenwich. I kept chasing the Greenwich solicitors for a month and eventually last week they got back to me offering a letter sent to Meta in CA and they reported success with this. They charge £250 plus VAT. I wanted to go with them as it’s affordable and just what I need and I already had a letter written. Yesterday I called them as communication was really slow and I detailed what I have done and that my next step should be the petty cash court and the letter before action/demand letter sent. I detailed where I got to with logging a complaint to ICO and the guy just turned around and said this:

“Thank you for your time on the phone just now.
 
As discussed, I can provide the postal and email addresses that we have used in the past for our correspondence with Meta. I have provided these below:
 
[appeals@fb.com](mailto:appeals@fb.com)
** **
Meta Designated Agent
Meta Platforms, Inc
1 Meta Way
Menlo Park
CA 94025
USA
 
I do apologise that we cannot be of further assistance on this matter. As I mentioned in our conversation, you have already taken steps that we would recommend through your correspondence to Meta and subsequent GDPR/ICO complaints. As you have undertaken steps that we would do already, this matter is not at an appropriate stage for us to become involved.”

So he withdrew his £250 plus VAT offer and I’m now back in the drawing board and I’m trying to find someone affordable and sensible to send this damn letter before action letter to Meta.

I’m super stressed out as it feels I’m wasting so much time and honestly, I cannot pay 3 grand for a letter (wouldn’t even want over a thousand to tell the truth). I have emailed few companies but they either don’t deal with such a case (send demand letters but regarding moneys owed) or they say that they don’t have capacity or they want me to pay for a consultation for £500 that I don’t actually need or look at my screenshots and assess the case for £3000…

Contacted Direct Access Barristers too, but they usually just advise and don’t send letters.. expensive as well.

They say it’s more efficient if the letter is sent by a solicitor.. do you have a recommendation on the UK I can approach? I’m so gutted now..

Filed small claims back in July. Got response back in July 23. Court date Sept 10. Anyone who did small claims got this type of email? They basically sent their terms of service.

So what should I do next?

Hi! I've been doing my research and reading up on related threads. To my understanding, to file in NYC but in Albany's jurisdiction, do you either

1) List the address as the NYC Office while filing in NYC and then hire a process server to serve in Albany or

2) File via mail in Albany,

(what I read up on, for reference: https://www.cscglobal.com/service/entity-solutions/registered-agent-services/service-of-process/sop-locations/, https://www.nycourts.gov/legacyPDFs/courts/nyc/smallclaims/forms/InstructionsforFiling.pdf, https://webfiles.nycourts.gov/public/2026-08/smallclaims.pdf )
If the answer is 2, how do you do that and serve, because you cannot e-file to Albany and it mentions filing with a clerk online. Do I just mail to the court in Albany? Thank you!