Story perspectives

Meta Suspends No Kings Coalition Instagram Accounts During Protests

By Drooid · Oct 18, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Meta suspended the No Kings Coalition’s main Instagram accounts during nationwide U.S. protests.
The suspension began at about 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and lasted roughly ninety minutes.
Organizer Ezra Levin said his team lost access and could not post.
Levin likened the block to a Brazilian court ruling that penalized Meta for supporting regimes.
Meta apologized, blaming an automated system that mistakenly flagged high-frequency posting and said the account now works.

1 of 1

Story summary

Meta suspended the No Kings Coalition’s main Instagram accounts during nationwide U.S. protests.
The suspension began at about 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and lasted roughly ninety minutes.
Organizer Ezra Levin said his team lost access and could not post.
Levin likened the block to a Brazilian court ruling that penalized Meta for supporting regimes.
Meta apologized, blaming an automated system that mistakenly flagged high-frequency posting and said the account now works.