Here's what really happened at the Meta Korea ban wave meeting

The much-anticipated Meta Korea meeting that I’ve been tracking didn’t deliver the breakthrough many hoped for. An attendee who participated in the session has now shared what actually went down, and it’s quite different from what people expected.

Last week, I reported on South Korea’s government demanding answers from Meta about the ongoing mass account suspensions. The emergency meeting brought together affected users, lawyers, and Meta Korea executives after lawmakers got overwhelmed with complaints from banned users.

But according to someone who was actually there, the reality was much more sobering. The participant, posting on Reddit under the username blairpark12, revealed a crucial detail that changes everything about this meeting’s significance.

Meta Korea isn’t actually an official branch of Meta Platforms Inc. Instead, it functions more like a local advertising agency handling Facebook’s social commerce and ad operations. This means they have zero authority over Instagram or account-related issues.

That explains why only Meta Korea has been acknowledging the problem while Meta’s US headquarters continues to stay silent. I’ve been wondering for weeks why there was such a disconnect between what Meta Korea was saying and the radio silence from the main company.

The meeting’s purpose wasn’t to provide solutions either. It was simply about bringing awareness to the issue. The final statement from Meta Korea was basically that they’re now “aware of the issue” and would explore possible solutions together. No concrete actions or promises were made.

This revelation puts a very different spin on what seemed like a major government intervention. The attendee stressed that people shouldn’t see this meeting as a step toward recovery, which is probably disappointing for the thousands of users still waiting for their accounts to be restored.

The situation has been getting more attention recently, especially after a video from SomeOrdinaryGamers went viral, highlighting the scope of the problem.

There have also been some developments with former Meta employees speaking out about the issues and even Meta support staff admitting to the problem in some cases.

But the meeting attendee made it clear that real change needs to come from the US. They urged American victims to contact their representatives and push for a congressional hearing with Meta’s actual headquarters, not just regional offices.

This matches what I’ve been seeing in my coverage. While regional offices might acknowledge problems, the real decisions happen at Meta’s California headquarters. The company has remained largely silent about the mass suspensions that have affected everyone from regular users to state legislators like Malaysia’s Lim Yi Wei.

This revelation about Meta Korea’s limited authority helps explain why the ban wave continues despite what seemed like official acknowledgment from the company. Real solutions will need to come from much higher up the corporate ladder, probably through the kind of government pressure that only comes from Meta’s home country.

Unfortunately, Meta has yet to respond to us when we reached out for comment about the situation a week ago.