Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine banned from Instagram by Meta

Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine was banned from Instagram by its parent company, Meta. 

"As the school year is just about to begin, Columbia SJP has been permanently banned from Instagram," the group wrote on the social media platform, X. "Our account was permanently deleted at 124k followers at the same time as our backup account, and when we made a new page it was deleted within 2 days."

Users on X asked if the group was given a reason as to why their account was suspended. 

The Justice in Palestine group posted a screenshot from Instagram that said their account violated community guidelines.

"No reason given," they wrote. "Just that we cannot request another review. Same thing happened to Within our Lifetime months ago and they still cannot make an Instagram page without being taken down in hours."

They are not allowed to request another review of the decision that was made to suspend them. 

Pro-Palestinian groups have been conducting protests for much of the past year amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East.