Why “reports”: this record captures what the affected person publicly said happened and what the platform’s own enforcement notice showed. The source is archived below. The platform has not acknowledged this action ( platform_acknowledged: false). See methodology.
PA-2026-0004 Meta Account disable Source confirmed Draft

@MikeOwenCarroll publicly reports that Meta suspended their Facebook account on approximately November 27, 2025, reportedly because they posted a link to their own blog, and subsequently permanently disabled the account on approximately May 26–28, 2026 after the 180-day appeal window expired without a successful review. The final disable notice cites ‘Community Standards on cybersecurity.’ No appeal review response was received in the intervening 180 days. Messenger access was also lost as a result. The reporter created a new Facebook account following the permanent disable.

REPORTED_BY
@MikeOwenCarroll
PLATFORM
Meta
ENFORCEMENT_ACTION_TYPE
account-disable
Terminal state — platform offered no further review
PLATFORM_POLICY_CITED
Community Standards on cybersecurity
AI_SYSTEM_INVOLVEMENT
DETECTION
Curator inference, not verified fact — see basis below
DATE_FROM / DATE_TO
Nov 27, 2025 – May 28, 2026
VERIFICATION_LEVEL
SOURCE_CONFIRMED
Enforcement notification screenshot present in source
PLATFORM_ACKNOWLEDGED
false
CONFIDENCE_SCORE
4 / 5
Rubric: enforcement notification + archive confirmed
SCHEMA_VERSION
1
CREATED_AT
May 28, 2026

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Curator commentary

This record documents the appeal-by-inaction failure mode running to completion: a November 2025 suspension generated no appeal review response in 180 days, after which the account was automatically and permanently disabled. The policy cited changed between enforcement stages — the suspension was attributed to ‘too much activity’ (interpreted as link-posting triggering activity-based detection), while the final disable notice cites ‘Community Standards on cybersecurity’ specifically. This suggests either (a) automated classification re-assessed the account at disable time and applied a different policy category, or (b) the suspension and disable are handled by different enforcement subsystems with independent policy attribution. An external blog link triggering a cybersecurity classification is consistent with automated URL scanning that flags unfamiliar external links as potential phishing or malware threats. The disable notice includes DSA compliance language: ‘You may have the right to challenge our decision in your country’s courts, or refer our decision to a certified dispute settlement body’ — indicating Meta is presenting EU Digital Services Act alternative dispute resolution options, suggesting the reporter may be EU/EEA-based. The appeal-by-inaction pattern documented here is the first in the dataset to reach permanent disable status, confirming that the 180-day appeal window expiration produces an automatic permanent disable without any review outcome communicated to the user.

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