Team - this is what I have sent to Adam Mosseri - I will let you know if I get a response. I am just going into a Zoom call so back later.
Dear Mr Mosseri,
I am writing to you regarding a couple of Instagram accounts - I sincerely hope that you will be able to take the appropriate action, or pass my email to someone who is able to assist.
There are two Instagram accounts being run by the same person - at the moment, she is using the name Ellie Grey (albeit she also has several other names: Eloise Buckle, Ellie Morphett, Ellie Rose and Alice Brocker - these are just a few names that she uses). Her personal IG account is ‘officialelliegrey': this account has 77.5k followers. Her other account (which appears to be her ‘work’ account, is ‘officialpttpuk’. The latter account describes itself thus:-
Power To The People UK
An advocacy group to support those who have been negatively affected by the Pharmaceutical, Media and Government corruption
You will note this account mentions ‘corruption’ in its title. As far as I am aware, whilst there are many things that can be said about the said organisations, I don’t believe that corrupt is entirely fair or reasonable, yet it features on your platform. Through this account, Ms Grey has encouraged protest marches throughout the UK (all during lockdown); has openly encouraged businesses to open during lockdown periods, is encouraging non wearing of face coverings etc.
One of the major concerns that I have with these accounts, is the amount of information that is being shared that frankly, is either incorrect or downright dangerous. A perfect example is in the last twenty four hours, Ms Grey has shared a live feature on her personal IG in which she talks of the ‘dangers’ of women undergoing smear tests. The comments following her film are quite shocking. Followers who appear to be quite young, simply taking her word and saying that they will no longer have smear tests as a result of her ‘advice’. Surely, this is not what you intended your platform to be used for?
Some of her other extreme ‘health’ claims are that sunbeds are safe (they are classed as carcinogenic by the WHO and are absolutely not safe); children and adults should never be vaccinated against anything at all; mammograms are dangerous; COVID has been a hoax and so it goes on.
Ms Grey has consistently denied the Holocaust, which is offensive in the extreme.
I would ask you to review these accounts please, with a view to permanent removal. It cannot be right that accounts like this, with large numbers of followers, are allowed to continue to operate unfettered or unchallenged.
You will note that I work very closely with cancer patients and medics - when someone says openly, to almost 80,000 followers that they have cured their own cancer using ‘alternative methods’ and that medical screening is wrong, something has to give.
Many thanks for your time, I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Oh and before I forget - I am also writing to Jeff Brazier's agent.