Post by @BruceMirken@mas.to

Bruce Mirken

@BruceMirken@mas.to 6 days ago

It gets worse. Boycott #Meta

@ezralevin.bsky.social
A bad update: we're getting reports of
pro-No Kings creators who have been
suspended today as well. And we still
lack backend access to the official No
Kings account. Stay tuned, will report
news when | have it.
€ Ezra Levin Xi ® @ezralevin.b... - 26m
Full update from our team. We STILL do
not have admin access to the account.
JPDATE, OCT. 17, 3:29 PM ET
The No Kings Instagram account has been reactivated, but administrators have not yet regained
We now know that Meta pulled down the account. For approximately 90 minutes, Meta did not
respond to our team, even as the account was offline at the peak of our national day of action and
livestream. The account is now viewable again, and Meta told us in their response email that they
made a bad call.
However, administrators are still unable to access the account, blocking our ability to post about
an ongoing day of mass action for early voting. Meta is currently not allowing the team to log in
using the No Kings email address originally associated with the account. The team is
troubleshooting that issue now.
This is not OK.
This is part of a much bigger concern: activists and movements around the world are increasingly
vulnerable to decisions made by powerful technology platforms that can determine who gets
heard and who gets silenced.
‘We will close the loop once our team is fully back in the account. This remains a developing
situation. ALT
9:58 AM - Oct 17 2026 @ Fvervbodv can replv — @ezralevin.bsky.social A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when | have it. € Ezra Levin Xi ® @ezralevin.b... - 26m Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account. JPDATE, OCT. 17, 3:29 PM ET The No Kings Instagram account has been reactivated, but administrators have not yet regained We now know that Meta pulled down the account. For approximately 90 minutes, Meta did not respond to our team, even as the account was offline at the peak of our national day of action and livestream. The account is now viewable again, and Meta told us in their response email that they made a bad call. However, administrators are still unable to access the account, blocking our ability to post about an ongoing day of mass action for early voting. Meta is currently not allowing the team to log in using the No Kings email address originally associated with the account. The team is troubleshooting that issue now. This is not OK. This is part of a much bigger concern: activists and movements around the world are increasingly vulnerable to decisions made by powerful technology platforms that can determine who gets heard and who gets silenced. ‘We will close the loop once our team is fully back in the account. This remains a developing situation. ALT 9:58 AM - Oct 17 2026 @ Fvervbodv can replv

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Mastodon Migration

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online 5 days ago

@BruceMirken

So, the game Meta are playing is the same as what is going on with Starlink in Ukraine. They hobble the service. Then when called out on it, they partially restore it and hide under cover of confusion and conflicting reports. You can be certain they are doing the same in Brazil.

Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡

@jchaven@social.sdf.org 5 days ago

@BruceMirken

... as he posts on Bluesky. 🙄

Carlos Solís

@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 5 days ago

At least there are a few other ATProto providers like Blacksky, Northsky and Eurosky. Not perfect, but at least the option to move is (barely) available.

Grassroots Joe

@joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social 5 days ago

@jchaven

It's where most Indivisible organizers, despite the best efforts of more than a few of us here, have accounts.

@BruceMirken