Remove an Instagram post or fake account

How Instagram harm looks in Malaysia

Instagram reaches about 16 million Malaysians, and it is still growing (DataReportal, Digital 2026). Its audience is younger and more image-led than Facebook’s, so the problems we see are about photos: who took them, who reposted them and who pretends to be you with them.

• Photo theft accounts that copy a woman’s selfies to run a fake profile, sell products or lure men into scams.
• Exposé and confession pages for a campus, a workplace or a town, posting anonymous claims with a name and face.
• Close Friends stories screen-recorded and reposted publicly, often after a break-up.
• Intimate images sent in private and later posted, or AI-edited images built from ordinary pictures.
• Clone business accounts that copy a home baker’s or boutique’s feed to take orders.

Instagram and the Online Safety Act 2025

MCMC lists Instagram among the platforms deemed registered from 1 January 2026, as it has more than eight million Malaysian users. A report you file in the app therefore falls under the Online Safety Act: Meta must acknowledge it within one hour and assess it within 12 hours, and harmful content such as harassment, obscene material or scams must be made inaccessible within short deadlines. You may also complain to MCMC at aduan.mcmc.gov.my, and threats or extortion belong at a police station.

Impersonation itself is not one of the Act’s categories. A copycat account that only reuses your photos is handled under Instagram’s own Community Guidelines, which forbid pretending to be someone else; we use the Act when the account also harasses, scams or sexualises you.

Instagram reporting routes we use

How we work on Instagram

1. Free assessment. Send the profile or post links (tap the three dots, then Copy link) by the contact form or Messenger. Private accounts are fine: a screenshot with the username is enough to start.
2. Mapping. We check for tagged reposts, the same photos on other accounts, Facebook copies and Google Images results.
3. Reports. We file each report in the right category with evidence that the reviewer can check quickly. Where the form must come from you, such as an ID check, we show you which form to use, and your document goes straight to Meta.
4. Follow-up. We appeal wrong refusals, file the MCMC complaint when the content fits the Act, and confirm each removal. The 20 link pack and above include monitoring for new copies.

Price and confidentiality

One link costs RM133, fixed price, no extra fees, and work starts within 48 hours. Several accounts or posts are cheaper in a pack: 3 links RM316, 10 links RM912, 20 links RM1,600 with monitoring (pricing). We never ask for your Instagram password and never message the account owner, your family or your employer.

Related help: fake account removal for clones on several apps, intimate image removal for private photos, deepfake removal for AI-edited images, and our other platform guides.