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The Dukes Of Hazzard actress, 45, was spotted by fans in the crowd as she supported her younger sister Ashlee Simpson at her concert at the club Voltaire in Las Vegas ' Venetian Resort.

"For months, tens of thousands of people around the world have been complaining Meta has been banning their Instagram and Facebook accounts in error..." the BBC reported this month... More than 500 of them have contacted the BBC to say they have lost cherished photos and seen businesses upended — but some also speak of the profound personal toll it has taken on them, including concerns that the police could become involved. Meta acknowledged a problem with the erroneous banning of Facebook Groups in June, but has denied there is wider issue on Facebook or Instagram at all. It has repeatedly refused to comment on the problems its users are facing — though it has frequently overturned bans when the BBC has raised individual cases with it. One examples is a woman lost the Instagram profile for her boutique dress shop. ("Over 5,000 followers, gone in an instant.") "After the BBC sent questions about her case to Meta's press office, her Instagram accounts were reinstated... Five minutes later, her personal Instagram was suspended again — but the account for the dress shop remained." Another user spent a month appealing. ("In June, the BBC understands a human moderator double checked," but concluded he'd breached a policy.) And then "his account was abruptly restored at the end of July. 'We're sorry we've got this wrong,' Instagram said in an email to him, adding that he had done nothing wrong." Hours after the BBC contacted Meta's press office to ask questions about his experience, he was banned again on Instagram and, for the first time, Facebook... His Facebook account was back two days later — but he was still blocked from Instagram. None of the banned users in the BBC's examples were ever told what post breached the platform's rules. Over 36,000 people have signed a petition accusing Meta of falsely banning accounts; thousands more are in Reddit forums or on social media posting about it. Their central accusation — Meta's AI is unfairly banning people, with the tech also being used to deal with the appeals. The only way to speak to a human is to pay for Meta Verified, and even then many are frustrated. Meta has not commented on these claims. Instagram states AI is central to its "content review process" and Meta has outlined how technology and humans enforce its policies. The Guardian reports there's been "talk of a class action against Meta over the bans." Users report Meta has typically been unresponsive to their pleas for assistance, often with standardised responses to requests for review, almost all of which have been rejected... But the company claims there has not been an increase in incorrect account suspension, and the volume of users complaining was not indicative of new targeting or over-enforcement. "We take action on accounts that violate our policies, and people can appeal if they think we've made a mistake," a spokesperson for Meta said. "It happened to me this morning," writes long-time Slashdot reader Daemon Duck," asking if any other Slashdot readers had their personal (or business) account unreasonably banned. (And wondering what to do next...)

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There have been well over 200 screen interpretations since the first in 1910, and now the mighty Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has had a crack.

Model Freddy Brazier has revealed that he is to become a dad at the age of 20.

After vice president JD Vance ruined the rural tranquility of the Cotswolds earlier this month, I can now report that the President's daughter has caused a similar stir in Notting Hill.

Romeo Beckham showed off his striking resemblance to his famous father, David Beckham, on Instagram on Saturday - amid the ongoing rift between the Beckham clan.

The child, whose mother was not vaccinated against the infection, was believed to have been under the age of one and died some time after falling ill between March and June.

Just one month ago, Jenna Ellen had started her first IVF treatment and was optimistic about starting a family with the love of her life...

A single hamstring injury in the 14th minute of a Premier League game and poof, there goes the £69.2million package you agreed with Bayern Munich for Nicolas Jackson.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will mark the start of the new school term by urging 'mums, dads and carers' to play their part in getting their sons and daughters ready to learn in the classroom.

The medicine, hailed as a 'triumph of science', is the first to tackle the underlying cause of hypertension rather than simply dealing with its symptoms.

Bruno Fernandes rescued Manchester United with a 97th-minute penalty to break Burnley 's hearts at Old Trafford, but once again Ruben Amorim couldn't bring himself to watch.

Nicole Scherzinger set pulses racing on Instagram on Friday as she shared a sizzling bikini-clad video clip. 

An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has discovered that plans are in place to build large-scale solar farms right up to the boundaries of historic villages.

They sparked rumours they had married in secret after they were pictured the morning after his 58th birthday this week (pictured).

The Argentine-Spanish model, 31, is set to marry the Portuguese footballer, 40, after he popped the question earlier this month.

They faced claims that to avoid the US president speaking out over the controversial plan while he was in the UK, a final decision had been deliberately postponed till weeks after he had left.

It is believed that the Harry Potter star hired more than a dozen bicycles for friends from the shop, covering the wicker baskets with flowers for the occasion.

The Prime Minister is said to be planning to ring the changes in his front bench team in a bid to combat the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform over the summer recess.

The former Coronation Street star, 35, who shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, with ex Scott Sinclair, took to her Instagram on Saturday.