platform_acknowledged: false). See methodology.
@gerardvanschip (Gérard van Schip, 🇳🇱🇯🇵), publicly reports that their Facebook account (Gérard) has been suspended for approximately two months as of June 3, 2026. An appeal was submitted on April 27, 2026 and remains pending over five weeks later despite Meta's stated review time of 'just over a day.' No policy is cited. The reporter also reports receiving scam phishing emails targeting them during the suspension, exploiting the account's vulnerable state.
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Suspension date approximate: reporter states 'going into month 2' as of June 3, 2026 with appeal submitted April 27, placing the suspension start in approximately early April 2026. date_from set to 2026-04-01 as a floor — exact date unknown. Null policy citation: appeal pending screen cites no policy, consistent with [[finding___enforcement-notice-policy-opacity]]. Appeal timing failure: appeal submitted April 27, still pending June 3 — 37+ days despite Meta's stated 'usually just over a day' review time. This is the most extreme appeal delay documented in the dataset and is consistent with [[finding___appeal-access-failure-patterns]]. Secondary harm documented: reporter describes receiving 'endless offers to restore access for cash (impossible) and hack attacks from dozens of fake Facebook emails that match my X name but not my actual Facebook name.' The phishing emails using the X name rather than the Facebook name confirms the reporter's identity linkage and demonstrates that suspended account holders are targeted by social engineering actors exploiting the enforcement gap. This predatory secondary harm is not captured in the current schema but warrants documentation. European account (Dutch-Japanese flags 🇳🇱🇯🇵) — a Dutch-based account would be subject to GDPR, under which enforcement without a stated legal basis and without timely appeal response may raise compliance questions. This is noted as analytical context, not a legal finding. 2 X views — lowest reach post in the dataset. Name consistency: 'Gérard' in the Facebook appeal notice, 'Gérard van Schip' as X display name — the reporter explicitly discloses the X/Facebook name difference as a phishing detection signal, confirming the Facebook name is 'Gérard' (surname not visible). Check passes. Screenshots and archive captured by @vhsdev on 2026-06-03, curator: @vhsdev.