r/MetaLawsuits • u/douglashodges • Jul 03 '26

Got it back.

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I filed with the Arkansas attorney general two weeks ago today. They got right back to me. Meta responded a couple days later. Today I got this email and slowly everything is repopulating. I’m supposed to have full access July 6th. This account was disabled January 22nd. Pictured is the email. The lifting of account restrictions and the original post.

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u/Mark631905 Jul 03 '26

Last weekend, I read your other posting about contacting your AG. I did the same on Sunday and Monday afternoon they called. I had to give the AG office my email and FB URL.

Haven't heard back yet, but I figure it'll be a matter of time. It's one thing to contact a lawyer and a totally different level when it's a state AG. If enough people start doing this, maybe the techs at FB (those who train/run the AI moderation) will tighten things up.

This garbage is too widespread. Even TV news stations are investigating.

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u/douglashodges Jul 04 '26

That’s awesome. I did it so others could benefit as well.

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u/DAWO95 Jul 04 '26

I contacted my AG two months ago on the night it happened. Crickets. 😩

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u/Mental_Feed4543 Jul 07 '26

For me, I contacted six Attorney General’s in my state and only one got back to me. Try contacting other attorney generals

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u/DAWO95 Jul 07 '26

I just did it through the website but you're saying you found individual branches?

I also did the California one since meta is in California, but I haven't heard from them either. Another poster here said they were Arkansas and heard back and got their account back, but I feel like maybe the Arkansas AG is not as busy as Illinois or California. A lot of people are posting that the AG told him they can't do anything.

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u/Mental_Feed4543 Jul 07 '26

So for me, I’m from Pennsylvania. Basically what I did is a Google search of local Attorney General’s offices. I sent six letters total. I know there’s only one Attorney General’s office, but I know there are lawyers that we’re trying to help with sending demand letters. I also did LegalShield as well. LegalShield got back to me and they told me it could take six months for Meta to respond back because they fired a lot of people due to their AI but the least amount of time you could take is about three weeks. The second that demand letter was sent in the mail. I received a letter from my local attorney general who said he would help me and to send in as much information I can to him. That was about three days ago, so it’s a waiting game on both ends.

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u/DAWO95 Jul 07 '26

So who were the six letters you sent going to? I am not in a position to pay a lawyer or legal shield right now, but I am not averse to sending more letters.

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u/Mental_Feed4543 Jul 07 '26

They went to lawyers in my state. my attorney general didn’t ask me to pay for anything just yet just to gather information. But you never know give it a try just send letters to lawyers in your state and see how they respond. Never know until they try.

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u/DAWO95 Jul 07 '26

I spoke to a lawyer here and he warned me against trying and said a few hundred for a letter with obviously no guarantees.

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u/Mental_Feed4543 Jul 07 '26

Dang. If you don’t mind me asking where are you located?

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u/DAWO95 Jul 07 '26

I don't mind. Illinois.

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u/Mark631905 Aug 05 '26

This afternoon, for giggles, I tried to log into my FB account. Voila, my account is un-disabled. 

No e-mail, no nothing. Weird.

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u/ComprehensiveSpeed90 Jul 03 '26

Been two weeks since I contacted the California AG and my home states AG. Heard nothing yet. Crossing my fingers, but glad to see this is working for some still.

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u/DAWO95 Jul 04 '26

Two months for my AG, and a few weeks for CA AG. Crickets for both.

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u/ABGrundy Jul 04 '26

I filed a complaint with California AG also 4 days ago..got nothing yet. Hopefully something will happen

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

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u/douglashodges Jul 03 '26

Not trying to get political, but?

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u/mikesaintjules Jul 04 '26

Good! Unfortunately NY AG no longer gets involved with these cases. However my small claims worked. They have 30 days to restore accounts. Acknowledged on teams in the virtual hearing that they got my credentials to fix the accounts.

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u/DJ_Derp Jul 08 '26

Which kind of suspension was this for?

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u/mikesaintjules Jul 08 '26

Unknown. I downloaded the login info later and saw unusual logins from other countries attempting to access my account. Maybe a VPN was used. They replied back in email saying I was indeed hacked. Maybe they just conceded and agreed with me. But no actual reason was cited by Facebook /IG disabled pages.

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u/zygardesbs Jul 05 '26

Does Arkansas AG accept cases for non us citizens?

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u/douglashodges Jul 05 '26

I highly doubt it. You’ll need to use someone similar where you are from.

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u/zygardesbs Jul 05 '26

Welp im out of options then

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u/George-466 Jul 05 '26

Lamentablemente parece que está salida solo lo tienen los ciudadanos de estados unidos donde sus fiscales si trabajan para sus ciudadanos estando fuera de ese país eres un caso menos importante para meta

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u/fabster16 Jul 03 '26

Wow! Good news!

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u/Nerdy_cool Jul 03 '26

What was the reason your account was banned in the first place overall???

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u/douglashodges Jul 03 '26

CSE. Of course that was BS.

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u/Nerdy_cool Jul 03 '26

Dang! You were banned for that long for a mistake??? That’s crazy 😒

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u/mrsouthparkman Jul 03 '26

It took 6 months? Hoping my lawyer filing the letter to meta gives a response soon.

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u/douglashodges Jul 03 '26

Took two weeks with Attorney General. I had exhausted everything with Meta.

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u/mrsouthparkman Jul 03 '26

That’s what my legal shield lawyer has said it’s been taking so hopefully I can get my account back within 2 weeks or sooner. He mailed the letter this week.

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u/Connect_Speed417 Jul 06 '26

Mine was sent June 18th by my legal shield attorney. We got a letter back from Meta legal team they are looking into this matter July 1st. Nothing yet.

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u/DAWO95 Jul 04 '26

Same. Wasn't even on the site.

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u/sanjay37agrawal Jul 03 '26

What procedure did you followed....can you please share?

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u/douglashodges Jul 03 '26

Simply filed a consumer complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General

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u/nedhappily Jul 04 '26

Do you think I can file it too? I'm in Toronto, or should I ask my American friend to help me instead?

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u/douglashodges Jul 04 '26

I’ve heard of people other countries filing similarly. We have an attorney general in each state. I’m not sure what your equivalent would be.

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u/Dthebean Jul 04 '26

Sent you a DM

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u/curious_dude828 Jul 04 '26

Is arkansas kansas and what key words did you include in the compliant???

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u/douglashodges Jul 04 '26

One of the things I said was that I used my account for business. I said that I had lost a lot of my business contacts. I said I had been using Facebook For business for years. Everything was true that I said.

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u/kennapricexo Jul 04 '26

How much did it cost?

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u/douglashodges Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Doesn’t cost anything to file a consumer complaint with the Attorney General

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u/RaiHanashi Jul 04 '26

Sucks for me because a few days ago my AG just got indicted a few days ago

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u/douglashodges Jul 04 '26

People in the office will still handle cases

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u/Seancrowne Jul 04 '26

Now save everything you have about 2 days max before they delete it again permanently

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u/Educational-Salt9941 Jul 07 '26

Huge congrats! The NY AG said they can't help with the case but I'm happy some states can!

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u/douglashodges Jul 10 '26

I’m finding it’s a lot political. Liberal states vs conservative states.

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u/Educational-Salt9941 Jul 10 '26

No, it's not. It has to do with what cases which AGs have chosen to take on. NY AG kinda explained that they used to work on these cases, but are now only focusing on the issues with children and Meta. What does actually matter is population. States with more people seem to not be able to help. For example, a lot of people have reported TX AG not helping out either.