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00Index of matters

Every file starts with the same free review and the same honest read.

01Account Access RestorationHacked, locked or disabled accounts on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.02Advertising Account ReinstatementDisabled Meta ad accounts, restricted Business Managers and rejected assets.03Platform Restriction ResolutionMessaging limits, link blocks, action blocks and reach restrictions.04Handle and Username AdvisoryBrand handle strategy, availability research and rights based claims.05Verification Eligibility and ReadinessAn honest read on where you stand against each platform's published criteria.06Press and Media PlacementPress article placement, media outreach, reputation enhancement and brand authority campaigns.07Reputation and Search PresenceOwn what people find when they search your name, across search and AI answers.08Google Knowledge Panel and Entity PresenceThe panel beside your name in Google, and the entity record underneath it.

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Written for people in the middle of a problem. Every piece names the official route, the realistic timetable, and the point at which paying somebody stops being worth it.

Advertising
7 minYour Meta business is restricted: what a portfolio level restriction is, and why it is not the same as a disabled ad accountA restriction on the business portfolio sits above the ad accounts inside it, so fixing one ad account does not lift it. The portfolio is what has to be cleared, and opening a new one is the single fastest way to make the position permanent.Read

Handles
6 minLooking for an Instagram handle broker? There is no legitimate one, and here is what actually gets a handle releasedEvery platform prohibits buying, selling and transferring usernames, so a broker is selling something the terms void on sight. The routes that do work are a rights based claim, an impersonation report, or the trademark process.Read

Account access
7 minInstagram account disabled or hacked: the official recovery paths, in orderInstagram has four distinct recovery routes, and using the wrong one closes the right one. Work out which category your lockout falls into first, then use only the route that matches it.Read

Advertising
8 minMeta ad account disabled: how the review actually works, and how to appeal properlyA Meta ad account appeal succeeds when it shows the cause has been removed, not when it argues the decision was wrong. Fix first, then file once.Read

Restrictions
6 minAction blocks, link limits and messaging restrictions: what triggers them and how they clearMost restrictions people call a shadowban are rate limits, integrity action blocks or link trust scoring, and only some of them have an appeal route at all.Read

Handles
6 minCan you buy an Instagram username? What the rules actually sayNo. Instagram's terms prohibit buying, selling and transferring any aspect of an account including the username, and accounts caught in those transfers are removed, so the buyer loses the handle and the money.Read

Account access
5 minTikTok account recovery: the routes that exist and the ones that do notTikTok has an in app appeal for enforcement decisions and a support form for access problems, and outside those two routes no recovery mechanism exists.Read

Verification
7 minInstagram and Facebook verification: the published criteria, plainlyLegacy verification is decided on four published criteria, and notability, meaning independent editorial coverage you did not control, is the one that fails almost every application.Read

Press
7 minHow editorial placement really works: earned, paid and syndicatedPress coverage comes in three forms with completely different costs and credibility, and knowing which one you are buying is the difference between an asset and a receipt.Read

Buyer's guide
6 minHow to vet an account recovery provider: six red flagsA provider who claims a platform insider or guarantees an outcome is describing something that either does not exist or will cost you the account. Access is a different question, and the honest answer is more careful than the one this industry usually gives.Read

Knowledge panel
7 minGoogle knowledge panels: what you can actually influence, and what nobody can sell youNobody can create a knowledge panel for you, including Google's own staff. Panels are generated automatically when enough corroborated information about an entity exists on the open web, so the work that produces one is building that record -- and claiming a panel, once it exists, gets you the right to suggest changes rather than control what it says.Read

Search presence
6 minGoogle Business Profile suspended: the reinstatement route, in orderAppeal through Google's appeals tool, which names the guideline you are said to have broken -- but fix the underlying problem before you file, because the appeal is reviewed against the profile as it stands, and do not create a replacement profile while a review is open.Read