A review does not guarantee reversal. Do not duplicate a submission while the same case is still awaiting a response.
What to do
Open Meta’s final post decision and find the reference ID. Without it, this route is unavailable.
Choose Submit an Appeal on the Board’s site, sign in to your active account and submit within Meta’s stated deadline.
Check Track Your Appeal. Submitting does not mean the Board will select the case.
For eligible content decisions only: requires an active account, Meta’s final decision and a Meta-issued reference ID. The Board selects a limited number of cases. If the account is disabled and you cannot log in, this route does not fit.
For an individual with a specific problem involving their own personal data. Explain the Norwegian connection: where you live, work or believe the infringement occurred. Representing someone else requires signed authority; a company’s ownership of a page is not an individual’s data right.
Datatilsynet is an independent public regulator. It handles data rights, but cannot decide whether an account ban is lawful, order the account reopened or award compensation. Access to data and access to an account are different issues.
What to do
First send the platform a written access, correction or erasure request that identifies the data issue. Prior contact is required for a complaint about an unmet right. The usual reply period is one month; a justified two-month extension must be explained before that month ends. A normal ban appeal does not replace this request.
Prepare a short timeline, the responsible organisation’s name, your contact details, your request and the platform’s replies. Include relevant exchanges with other authorities and a mandate if representing someone. Keep the evidence focused; passwords and recovery codes are not needed.
The online form requires ID-porten login with BankID or another supported method. Without that login, post the complaint to Datatilsynet, Postboks 458 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo, Norway. Public instructions were checked, not login or submission.
Keep a copy and the case number. Datatilsynet says it will contact you within one month of receipt with information about handling and expected timing. This is not a final-decision deadline. A cross-border case may go to the lead EEA authority; the Norwegian regulator remains your contact.
If no reply arrives, ask the official guidance service about receipt and quote the case number. To add information through the form, choose “Annet” and enter “Tilleggsinformasjon til tidligere innsendt klage” plus the number. Follow the decision’s appeal instructions: Datatilsynet first, then Personvernnemnda if the decision is maintained. A repeated complaint is not an appeal.
A formal complaint concerns your data and involves follow-up. An anonymous tip is different: the regulator does not promise to contact its sender. Do not submit a contract-only dispute or someone else’s page as your own data case. ClearRules does not receive documents or file complaints for you.
First identify the seller on the receipt: it may be Meta, Apple, Google or another company. A payment complaint does not guarantee account recovery.
What to do
Write to the seller: what you paid for, what went wrong and what remedy you want. Keep the reply.
Check whether the local body accepts disputes with that seller. Give the facts and amount, and attach the receipt.
Keep the submission confirmation and reference number. If asked for more information, reply within the same case.
For a consumer dispute with a trader in another EU country, Norway or Iceland. Contact the ECC in your country of residence with the contract, proof of payment and correspondence. This is free help with settlement, not a binding account appeal or support for businesses.
Check the service’s scope and any fees. Advice does not itself require Meta to restore an account.
What to do
Find the service’s contact details and choose your region if required.
Briefly explain the situation. Ask what remedy you can seek and where to apply.
Keep the submission confirmation and reference number. If asked for more information, reply within the same case.
Start with Klageguide or the contact form. The service explains your rights and next steps but does not decide disputes. For a foreign trader, ask about Forbruker Europa and choose a letter template matching your contract.
StopNCII.orgInternational service · specific conditions
Help limit intimate-image sharing
The service helps limit sharing on partner platforms. It cannot remove everything from the internet or restore an account.
What to do
Check your age when the image was made and the service’s conditions.
On the official site, use only material already on your device. You do not need to send the file itself.
Keep the case details and follow the instructions for checking progress.
For intimate images of you taken at 18+, including threatened sharing. You need the file on your device. It stays there; a digital fingerprint is shared. Coverage is limited to participating public-facing platforms, not the whole internet or encrypted messages. Keep your case number and PIN.
The service helps limit sharing on partner platforms. It cannot remove everything from the internet or restore an account.
What to do
Check your age when the image was made and the service’s conditions.
On the official site, use only material already on your device. You do not need to send the file itself.
Keep the case details and follow the instructions for checking progress.
For intimate images of you taken before age 18, even if you are now an adult. Use only a file already on your device: do not download or forward material to apply. Works on participating public or unencrypted platforms.
Your connection to the country matters, not your account language. Individual bodies have additional requirements.
Norway · Appeal the removal of a post
All options by goal
Different routes seek different outcomes. Use a data or payment complaint only when that is the actual issue.
Help me choose the next step
Answer only what you know. We compare your answers with researched conditions; the recipient makes the final eligibility decision.
Worth checking for your case: 0 · Requirements need checking: 1 · Does not fit the stated answer: 0
No confirmed matching option was found for these answers. Correct only an inaccurate answer or check requirements with the recipient.
This is preliminary matching, not eligibility confirmation or a success estimate.
Help available internationally
These services have their own requirements. Their availability does not mean that your country has a local body that handles account recovery.
International service · specific conditions
Oversight Board
What this route offers: Independent review of an eligible decision
You want a decision about your account or post reviewed. Availability depends on country, subject, decision date and the recipient’s rules.
For eligible content decisions only: requires an active account, Meta’s final decision and a Meta-issued reference ID. The Board selects a limited number of cases. If the account is disabled and you cannot log in, this route does not fit.
A review does not guarantee reversal. Do not duplicate a submission while the same case is still awaiting a response.
Why this result
Requirements need checking
Not all requirements for this route are represented in the matcher. Check the recipient’s full instructions.
Internal content review is required first. Ordinary support contact does not establish a final decision or the required Meta reference.
This is preliminary matching, not eligibility confirmation or a success estimate.
Requirements, deadlines and documents
Possible remedy
Decisions in selected content cases are binding on Meta; policy recommendations have a different status. Selection and restoration are not guaranteed.Sources for these requirementsConfirmed by the source
Complete internal content review and obtain the final decision with a Meta reference. An active account is required; ordinary disabled-account recovery is not available here. Only selected cases are reviewed.Sources for these requirementsConfirmed by the source
Check the deadline in Meta’s notice. A universal 15-day limit was not verified in this review.Eligible final Meta decision and its notice; verify the exact timing rule.Sources for these requirementsNot confirmed
Filing language was not verified. The website language or an available translation does not establish an accepted filing language.Sources for these requirementsNot confirmed
Requires login to an active Facebook/Instagram account and a Meta-issued reference for an eligible decision. The authenticated form was not inspected.Sources for these requirementsConfirmed by the source
Account links or IDs, dates, notices, your requests and replies. For payments, keep the receipt and seller’s name.
What to do after applying
No reply yet
Check the submission confirmation, your spam folder and the service’s case portal. Look up its stated response time. If that time has passed, ask for an update and include your existing case reference, if you have one.
Your application was not accepted
Read the reason. A case outside the body’s powers, missing documents and a decision against your claim call for different next steps. Correct the stated gaps or follow the appeal instructions in the reply. Check the appeal deadline before submitting again.
You have a reply, but the issue remains
If the decision supports you, keep the full decision and case number. Ask the body how to track implementation and attach it to your existing Meta case. A favourable decision and actual restoration are separate stages.
Official source and review details
We have reviewed the official instructions. Check the current requirements and whether the form is available before submitting.
Sources researched: No real complaints were submitted.
Latest source check: Official material was read. This does not test complaint submission or confirm that your case qualifies.
Does every country have an account-recovery route?
We have not confirmed that every country has an account-recovery process outside Meta. This directory covers the listed countries, with options for data, payments, harmful content and, where available, account restrictions and court claims. Several links do not mean several ways to restore an account. We state when no suitable option has been found.
The review covers the entries in this directory. It does not establish that every possible route has been found. An accessible page, an applicable procedure and a successful outcome are different things.
How to use this directory
Different bodies handle different issues. A refused data request, a payment dispute and an account appeal involve separate procedures. Choose the one that matches your situation. The body you contact decides whether to accept the case and what action to take.
Each card shows when its sources were researched. No real complaints were submitted.
Country and topic appear in the page address. Do not upload documents, passwords or codes here.