platform_acknowledged: true). See methodology.
@SejalSud (Sejal Sud), verified X account with 150K followers, publicly reports that their Instagram account (sejalsud) was suspended on May 24, 2026 for Community Standards on account integrity. The account was restored on May 26, 2026 following an appeal — two days after suspension. Instagram's restoration email explicitly acknowledges error: 'We're sorry that we've got this wrong and that you weren't able to use Instagram for a while.'
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Second confirmed account restoration in the dataset (after PA-2026-0018, KeBranny). Restoration email language is identical to PA-2026-0018: 'We're sorry that we've got this wrong' — same template, same policy (account integrity), same restoration mechanism. Two-day suspension-to-restoration interval is the fastest confirmed restoration in the dataset. The speed of restoration may reflect the reporter's reach: 150K X followers and 27K views on the suspension post creates significant public pressure that platforms are known to respond to more quickly than low-visibility cases. If so, this would represent a structural inequity in the appeal process — outcomes correlated with public reach rather than case merit. platform_acknowledged set to true: Instagram's restoration email constitutes an explicit error acknowledgment ('We're sorry we got this wrong'). This is the second platform_acknowledged: true record in the dataset. The suspension notice includes an Appeal button (direct enforcement, not cascade secondary) — consistent with appeal access patterns for primary accounts. Instagram handle sejalsud with 56K posts indicates a high-volume content creator. Reporter tagged @mosseri and @metaindia — direct escalation to Instagram's CEO and Meta India. Screenshots and archive captured by @vhsdev on 2026-06-02, curator: @vhsdev.