Meta temporarily disabled the No Kings movement's Instagram account for several hours on Saturday while nationwide "Vote Early" get-out-the-vote events were underway, prompting organizers to accuse the company of censorship. Meta apologized and said the suspension was an automated action triggered "when accounts post, share or comment at very high frequencies," a mistake that Meta spokesperson Andy Stone acknowledged on X. No Kings organizers said they had "posted only a handful of times and livestreamed to thousands," and they demanded a fuller explanation as they remained skeptical of the automated-action claim. Senator Bernie Sanders criticized the suspension on X, saying billionaire ownership of media contributed to the action. Hundreds of planned events continued despite the outage, including rallies at the Lincoln Memorial, in Atlanta where city councilman Michael Julian Bond spoke, and in downtown Los Angeles where crowds called for policy changes. Organizers said they used the events to recruit volunteers to mobilize in case of "election sabotage," and they said restoring access did not satisfy their demand for accountability from Meta.
