platform_acknowledged: false). See methodology.
@Lawyerwhosquats publicly reports that Meta disabled their Instagram and Facebook accounts (@lawyerwhosquats) on approximately April 20–21, 2026. No specific policy or content was cited. The reporter states they submitted an appeal and uploaded their passport as part of identity verification on April 21, 2026, but cannot access appeal forms because login to the account is blocked. The reporter requested urgent manual review from Meta, referencing Case ID 09376934. As of the date of the post (April 23, 2026), no response had been received.
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Three enforcement mechanisms documented simultaneously, each distinct from prior records: (1) Passport identity verification — Meta required the reporter to upload their passport as part of the appeal process, the first occurrence of identity verification as an enforcement-adjacent mechanism in this dataset. (2) Appeal access blocked — the reporter states they cannot access appeal forms because account login is blocked, a more acute barrier than the appeal-by-inaction pattern documented in PA-2026-0004; here the user is structurally prevented from engaging the appeals process. (3) Meta Case ID (09376934) — the first support case tracking number in the dataset, indicating Meta's support system acknowledged the action. Both Instagram and Facebook were disabled simultaneously; unlike PA-2026-0003 and PA-2026-0005, no enforcement notice indicates which product was the primary enforcement target or whether one caused the other. Reporter holds a verified account (blue checkmark) on X. No policy or content was cited in any visible enforcement notice.