Madonna's Instagram Live Ban Has Her Totally Confused

On May 19, Madonna and her crew were all set to broadcast live on Instagram, but the photo and video sharing app, owned by Meta, had other ideas. In a video posted to her official IG, Madonna was shocked when a bubble pop ups on her phone, telling her she is banned from going live on the platform. "What the f**k! We're blocked from going live?" she exclaimed in her perplexing half-British accent, before deadpanning, "I've never worn so many clothes in my life." After her team member read out some of the community guidelines that outline the app is a "safe place for inspiration and expression," the "Hung Up" singer said, "I'm speechless."

In her IG Stories, she indicated the live broadcast was planned to include her "Frozen Remix" collaborator Sickick, and then filmed herself speaking to him about the ban. "I don't know why. They're not giving me a reason," she told him on video chat. "It's like a bureaucracy inside of a computer." She then added that she hasn't done anything racy on the app this week, but the ban could be a "delayed reaction" to posts about her racy NFTs. 

This isn't the first time she's been in IG's bad books. In 2020, her account was flagged for promoting COVID-19 conspiracy theories surrounding hydroxychloroquine. In November 2021, Madonna decried IG's censorship after her sexy photoshoot that displayed her exposed nipple was taken down by the app.

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