Cantiq account banned

Lingerie brand Cantiq had over 100,000 Instagram followers before Meta banned its account.

Chelsea Hughes reports ban

Owner Chelsea Hughes said Meta banned the account and her personal Facebook was suspended.

Account restored Oct 9

Meta restored Cantiq's account on Oct. 9 after personal strife and public scrutiny.

Discriminatory AI claims

Hughes believes Meta's AI flagged her brand as sexual content due to body size differences.

“If you are a 3X and you're wearing the same bra as another person in an extra small, that AI will scan and say that that 3X person is showing more skin”

Thick Enterprises banned

Dance business Thick Enterprises had its Instagram account removed by Meta.

Chantal's account ban

Co-owner Chantal said Meta banned Thick Enterprises due to discriminatory AI.

“a targeted puritanical culling of fat and queer spaces”

Meta's policy response

Meta claims it enforces policies regardless of account type or content.

Nonprofit reports

Nonprofit Repro Uncensored recorded 905 global cases of digital censorship between March and Oct. 2026.

LGBTQ accounts affected

LGBTQ and plus-size businesses face repeated bans despite following Meta's community guidelines.

Precinct bar case

Precinct bar in Los Angeles had its Instagram account restored after public pressure.

Systemic issue

Meta's AI moderation system disproportionately targets larger bodies as sexual content.

“It's our belief that the AI moderation system is reading these larger bodies as being nude because we have more skin”