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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nicola Markus

My Facebook profile was hacked but all the platform offered was a faceless void

woman holding a cell phone in front of a Facebook logo
Hacked, I was now denied access to the entire Facebook site. But in looking for urgent help from the platform, I stumbled into a void. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

A month ago my Facebook profile was hacked. First, a message popped up on my business page, asserting that there was an issue with copyright infringement and that the page would be immediately suspended. As a writer, editor and coach, breaking copyright laws would put a swift end to my credibility, and I therefore make sure that all written content on the page is original or properly attributed. Copyright infringement? Highly unlikely.

Within a few hours, my personal profile was also suspended. Ostensibly, this was because my “linked Instagram account doesn’t follow our rules”, but as I don’t have an Instagram account, this was also bogus.

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