America First Policy Institute’s Instagram page was reportedly “permanently suspended” and “scheduled for deletion” by Meta on Wednesday, Jan. 10, shortly after the organization used the platform to highlight Hunter Biden’s disregard for a congressional subpoena.
AFPI’s account was initially flagged and suspended for violating “Community Guidelines on fraud and deception.” The offending content was assumedly the post about Hunter Biden, made prior to his surprise appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
The post contained objectively true statements about Hunter Biden’s defiance of House Republicans’ subpoena, Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon’s convictions for ignoring similar subpoenas issued by congressional Democrats, and the Justice Department’s interference in the IRS’s investigation into Hunter’s international business dealings. There was nothing fraudulent or deceptive about it.
Here they go again. @A1Policy was shut down by @instagram this morning—without explanation. We “appealed” the decision and were permanently deleted in less than 7 min. Disagree with Big Tech and they will cancel you.
Grateful to be on a platform like @X where @elonmusk defends… pic.twitter.com/fraQWOgkAe
— Brooke Rollins (@BrookeLRollins) January 10, 2024
This post was made at 8:21 a.m, and AFPI says Meta informed the organization of its account’s suspension at 8:49 a.m. AFPI told The Federalist, however, “No communications ever mentioned what piece of content triggered this flag.”
🚨 In less than an hour this morning, Meta suspended and then deleted @A1Policy’s Instagram account after posting facts about how The Biden Administration has dismantled the rule of law in our Nation.
