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By : Amber Gold and still have not gotten a response. I had and reporting photos just because that’s not
795,000 followers. what they want to see, or if it’s a corporate
er social media accounts on Twitter and decision to blacklist sex workers.
HInstagram are wildly popular — certainly in � YNOT: Did you somehow inadvertently
part because she’s stunning to look at, but also violate a term of service? I was already shadowbanned, so you
because she’s clever and uplifting. couldn’t see me in the hashtags I was using.
� MM: No, I don’t think so. I follow all their terms But I was using things like #daddyissues or
But in spite of doing what can best be of service. All my [images] were completely #lowselfesteem — things like that, and nothing
described as a public good via smarts and covered and censored. As far as I know, there ever got flagged. and i didn’t even receive a
sass, on Thursday of last week – April 5 – hadn’t been any updates [to their terms of notification email [from instagram] or an email
Martinez woke up to some shitty news. service] so I didn’t post anything that violated stating why.
something new. Even though I am in the adult
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� Missy Martinez: I went to log in to my industry, I follow all the rules! And I’ve had that I also know Abigail Mac recently just had
Instagram at about 5:30 this morning. It was account since 2013. It’s taken years to build it her account deleted. It took her like three
just the regular login page, so I entered my up, and it is too daunting of a task to start over. weeks to get it back, but she was able to.
name and my password… and then I entered If I don’t get the account back, I don’t think I will.
my phone number, and it said: “User does not � YNOT: So, knowing at any given time this
exist.” So I texted my friend: “Hey, am I deleted � YNOT: So, it seems pretty random or biased? could happen, why do you even bother with
or am I just timed out?” She checked, and you social media?
can’t find me at all — but all the fake profiles of � MM: It’s really disconcerting and very biased
me are still up, so there’s that. because there are “Instagram models” and � MM: It’s super disheartening because I have
they can post an exact identical shot of, like, to live in constant fear while trying to expand
I sent an email to Instagram, and I’m like, “I a picture in a bikini. [Performers’ posts] get my brand through a very popular platform
believe this was an oversight unless you hate flagged, but theirs do not. so it’s hard to tell – “Is this the one post that’s going to get me
sex workers.” I did that around six this morning if it’s people being overly critical and insecure deleted?”

Missy Martinez:
is social media even Worth it?

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