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        "msgid": "instagram-accounts-for-anti-president-protests-blocked-meta-apologises-1792489874",
        "date": "2026-10-20 16:00:00",
        "title": "Instagram Accounts for Anti-President Protests Blocked; Meta Apologises",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "Meta apologised after Instagram accounts associated with the No Kings protests across the United States were temporarily blocked, saying automated safeguards mistakenly identified a surge in activity as bot traffic. Protest organisers said the disruption extended to other content and called for answers, accountability and concrete safeguards.",
        "content": "<p>Several Instagram accounts linked to the No Kings protest movement\nwere blocked last weekend. Meta apologised following the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram accounts of organisers and participants in No Kings\ndemonstrations across the United States were inaccessible for about an\nhour during protests on Saturday. The demonstrations condemned US\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s aggressive deportation efforts, the war in Iran\nand other policy measures.<\/p>\n<p>Meta spokesman Andy Stone apologised shortly afterwards. He also said\nit had taken a long time to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its Claude system detected a surge in usage during\nthe protests, suggesting automated bots rather than human activity were\ndriving traffic on social media over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn abrupt, large volume of consecutive requests in a short period\nresembled automated bot traffic rather than normal human activity\nbrowsing our systems. This activity caused our automated protection\nsystems to mistakenly disable No Kings Instagram accounts,\u201d Stone said,\naccording to Reuters on Tuesday (20 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to reiterate our sincere apology for this mistake,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters were not satisfied with Meta\u2019s explanation. They said\nnot only had accounts been suspended, but the distribution of some\ncontent had also been restricted across the technology giant\u2019s\nplatforms.<\/p>\n<p>They said an apology was not enough, calling instead for answers,\naccountability and concrete safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to Instagram being shut down, we received reports that\nNo Kings content and early voting information were inaccessible,\nrestricted or apparently suppressed across Meta platforms,\u201d the No Kings\ncoalition said on BlueSky.<\/p>",
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