Meta apologizes for suspending 'No Kings' Instagram account, blaming bot traffic increase

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   Facebook's parent company Meta on apologized Sunday apologized for suspending the "No Kings" Instagram account, saying the suspension was caused by a high increase in traffic by bots. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a statement that the company's engineering team found that the "spike that triggered the incorrect enforcement was primarily in the account’s 'reading'... 'reading' behavior" attributed...

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   After: «Facebook's parent company Meta apologized Sunday for suspending the "No Kings" Instagram account, saying the suspension was caused by a high increase in traffic by bots. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a statement that the company's engineering team found the "spike that triggered the incorrect enforcement was primarily in the account’s 'reading' behavior" attributed...» 527149a00ba5