Meta has confirmed that an AI tool built on Anthropic’s Claude platform triggered the accidental suspension of the No Kings Coalition’s Instagram account on Saturday, October 17 — a disruption that took the page offline for roughly 90 minutes during a nationwide early-voting push ahead of the November 3 midterms. Andy Stone, Meta’s VP of communications, disclosed the cause in a Sunday social media post, calling it an error and issuing a formal apology. The coalition, a broad alliance including Indivisible, Common Cause, and the ACLU. Was running nearly 3,000 in-person events that weekend, from polling station marches to voter registration assistance. Its Instagram page is central to mobilisation. Meta said its systems flagged activity from the Claude-linked tool as bot-like: engineers reported it scraped profiles, posts, and hashtags at roughly four times human speed, in short, intense bursts. That pattern tripped automated enforcement. An internal review completed about an hour after the suspension concluded the takedown was unjustified, but administrators remained locked out until 5:33 p.m. ET. Stone did not name the specific Claude tool, its operator, or its purpose. The coalition has not publicly responded to Bloomberg’s request for comment. Next up: a national organising call focused on voter turnout.