Meta allegedly deletes LGBTQ and plus-sized business Instagram accounts

Lingerie brand Cantiq, with over 100,000 followers, and other LGBTQ and plus-sized businesses reported Instagram account bans without clear explanation. Repro Uncensored recorded about 905 digital censorship cases from March to October 2026, including 135 in the US. Meta says it enforces policies equally and restores accounts after public outcry.

• Cantiq's 100,000-follower account was banned Oct. 3 and restored Oct. 9
• Repro Uncensored logged about 905 censorship cases from March to October 2026
• RU received 275 reports in August and September, 60 of them in the US
• Meta cites its sexual solicitation policy and denies shadowbanning