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Meta Platforms said an automated security system mistakenly suspended the Instagram account of the No Kings Coalition at the height of a nationwide series of demonstrations.<\/p>\n
The technology company offered an apology and a more detailed explanation for the disruption, which came during the group\u2019s early-voting push ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.<\/p>\n
Instagram\u2019s engineering team found that the accounts\u2019 \u201creading\u201d activity triggered the security system. A tool from Anthropic PBC\u2019s Claude was accessing profiles, posts and hashtags at roughly four times the normal rate in intense bursts Saturday, Andy Stone, Meta\u2019s vice president of communications wrote in a social media post Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese abrupt, high-volume, sequential requests in a short period resembled automated bot traffic rather than an ordinary human browsing our systems,\u201d Stone said.<\/p>\n
Meta said an automated review about an hour later determined the account shouldn\u2019t have been removed and restored it, though it took longer to return administrative access.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe want to reiterate our sincere apology for the error,\u201d Stone said.<\/p>\n
The No Kings Coalition, an anti-Trump group, said Saturday that its Instagram page was unavailable for about 90 minutes and that organizers remained locked out of the account even after it became publicly visible again. Full access was restored at 5:33 p.m. New York time on Saturday, according to the coalition.<\/p>\n
Organizers criticized Meta for restricting the account during the demonstrations, saying Instagram was a crucial platform for communicating with supporters.<\/p>\n
The coalition said millions of people participated in nearly 3 000 events in all 50 states and Washington in an effort to expand early vote access and defend election integrity.<\/p>\n
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Stone\u2019s statement on Sunday didn\u2019t specify which Claude tool was involved, who was operating it or what activity it had been carrying out in connection with the account. No Kings did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
The explanation clarified Meta\u2019s initial account of the incident. Stone said Saturday that unusually high rates of posting, sharing or commenting had triggered the company\u2019s automated systems and that such activity had caused the No Kings account to be suspended. He called the action \u201cclearly\u201d an error.<\/p>\n
No Kings, which has organised several anti-Trump protests since he was inaugurated, said it plans a national organising call Wednesday focused on turnout ahead of Election Day.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n
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