Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon recently faced a major digital hurdle when her campaign Instagram account was taken down during a critical get-out-the-vote rally, Newsweek reports. The Instagram account, known as Latinos Con Angie, went offline while the team was busy sharing updates from their event in Osceola County.
This county holds a significant Puerto Rican population, making the page a vital tool for the campaign to mobilize voters. Nixon took to her X account Tuesday night to call out Meta for the sudden removal.
Nixon wrote, “We are currently hosting a get-out-the-vote rally in Osceola County, home to a large Puerto Rican community, and our #LatinosConAngie Instagram page was suddenly taken down while we were actively posting content from the event.” She also noted that with only seven days remaining until Election Day, every single minute counts for her campaign.
Nixon requested that Meta restore the page and explain why it was removed in the first place
The campaign shared a screenshot of the notification from Instagram, which stated the account was suspended for not following Community Standards on account integrity. The message also gave Nixon until April 25, 2027, to appeal the decision. By Wednesday early morning, the page was back online. Nixon is currently running against Ashley Moody, who is serving as a temporary replacement for Marco Rubio. Recent polls show Nixon trailing by a few percentage points.
This situation follows a similar event involving the No Kings Coalition. That group reported that their Instagram account was shut down for over an hour during their No Kings Day event on October 17. Meta later apologized for the incident, with spokesman Andy Stone explaining on X that a spike in activity triggered their automated systems.
He stated, “These abrupt, high-volume, sequential requests in a short period resembled automated bot traffic rather than an ordinary human browsing our systems. This activity caused our automated protections to incorrectly take the No Kings Instagram account offline.”
The No Kings Coalition, however, was not convinced by this explanation. They claimed that the reasoning did not add up and also alleged that content related to early voting felt suppressed across Meta platforms. The 50501 Movement, a group founded in January 2025 to organize protests against the second Trump administration, suggested that the timing of these suspensions might not be a coincidence.
These events have drawn attention from the Oversight Board, which acts as an independent body for Meta content decisions. The board recently expressed worry regarding what they describe as recurring enforcement failures in election integrity efforts.
In a statement released earlier this month, the co-chairs argued that Meta needs to improve the transparency and consistency of its practices. They warned that moderation failures during periods of political tension often lead to the suppression of political speech. The board specifically mentioned that the suspension of the No Kings account should have been caught by existing mistake-prevention systems.
As the November midterms approach, the influence of social media on political news continues to grow. A recent Sprout Social survey found that 55 percent of Americans have had their opinions on candidates informed or changed by social media posts. Another report from Pew Research indicates that 58 percent of Americans now view social media as a key source for news, showing a clear shift in how voters stay informed.
With reliance on these platforms at an all-time high, the pressure on companies like Meta to maintain fair and consistent moderation is only mounting.
Published: Oct 28, 2026 06:45 pm