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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by bmicraft on Thursday October 19, 2023 @06:47AM (#37941032)
Just an idea, but try looking for a gdpr specific email/contact form. Usually companies have a specific one for that purpose because they actually have to comply with them.

In case that leads nowhere, you should raise a complaint with you local data protection agency, for example https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by jorvi on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:41AM (#37942070)
I already did that, otherwise Instagram provides no support.

I’ve been trying to escalate it to a manager, because I feel once the Irish data authority gets involved it will be handed off to legal.

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by bombcar on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:50AM (#37942158)
Is it your account you want deleted or someone impersonating you?

Because killing your own account can be easily done by posting objectionable content.

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by philpem on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:22AM (#37944146)
Sounds like a great way to get yourself on a watchlist, too. Or banned from other things.
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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by johnnyanmac on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:48AM (#37944523)
>on a watchlist, too

honestly spam is the easiest and safest way to get banned. easy to automate as well. doubly efficient if you scrape the site to power your bot.

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Re:I'm banned for life from advertising on Meta. Because I t... by johnnyanmac on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:49AM (#37944541)
>I feel once the Irish data authority gets involved it will be handed off to legal.

that's ideal if they are ignoring GDPR protocol, right? it'll make for glacial progress, but you did say you've been at this for a year as is.

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