Business owner claims he lost up to $2000 a day after Facebook and Instagram accounts banned

📅 January 21, 2026 06:26 AM ⏱️ 2 min read 🕐 Scraped: January 21, 2026

Summary: The general manager of Pho Viet and Velvet Nail Room said he appealed the accounts being locked which resulted in Meta saying he was permanently banned.

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A Wellington man says his businesses lost up to $2000 a day after their Instagram and Facebook accounts were banned mistakenly.

Alex Hoang is the general manager for two businesses in the capital, Pho Viet Street Food and Velvet Nail Room.

On 14 January he was notified that the Instagram and Facebook accounts were locked d

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