Account Market Intelligence
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Meta filed a US civil action alleging that an individual had sold Instagram usernames and offered unauthorised account reinstatement services since 2022, in breach of platform terms. Meta described it as its first US legal action of this kind against account-selling services.
View sourceThe platform stated that hundreds of hijacked accounts, primarily on Instagram, were reclaimed from members of a username-trading forum, describing an escrow-based resale ecosystem focused on short, high-value Instagram usernames.
View sourceAn investigation described a large-scale operation manufacturing engagement and follower accounts aimed primarily at Instagram, with production concentrated in South and Southeast Asia. Revenue and volume figures were the operator's own unverified claims.
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