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Business owner facing 'nightmare' loss of livelihood after being banned by Instagram
['Jasmine Kelly']
Basingstoke Gazette | News
Victoria Christie, 38, who runs Victoria Christie Permanent Make-up in Fleet, had her Meta social media accounts hacked overnight in June.
She was able to restore her Facebook, personal Instagram and WhatsApp, but her business Instagram was permanently disabled, causing her to lose 10 years’ worth of clients, 5,500 followers and her portfolio.
“This is my livelihood and my business has been closed overnight over nothing I've done wrong.”
Victoria Christie (Image: Victoria Christie)Victoria said her booking rate has gone down, as she previously had 90 per cent of her client enquiries come from Instagram, under her handle @victoria_christie_pmu.
Now she has set up a new Instagram account and has attempted to find people that followed her original one.