FitFam followers were surprised when they couldn’t get their daily fix of what’s going on in the Sun City.
The popular account was disabled by Instagram on Monday, June 23, for “not following community standards” and not providing any opportunity to appeal.
Instead of the typical posts about accidents, crime, and other community news, the account featured a “We disabled your account” message, stating that the activity on it does not follow community standards.
The shutdown of the account resulted in the loss of more than 700,000 followers in an instant.
Instagram’s Community Guidelines outline several reasons an account may be disabled, including:
The good news is that the account administrators have created a new account. The new Instagram account is @realfitfamelpaso.
María Cortés González may be reached at 915-546-6150; mcortes@elpasotimes.com; @eptmaria.bsky.social on Bluesky, and @eptmariacg on TikTok
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Instagram disables FitFam El Paso account, wiping out 700K followers
Reporting by Maria Cortes Gonzalez, El Paso Times / El Paso Times
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