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Only official pages, terms and laws, each with the date we last checked it. Platforms change their help pages; if a source now says something different, the source wins.

1. Meta (Facebook Help Center): My Facebook account was suspended. You can appeal the suspension within 180 days. If you don’t appeal the suspension after 180 days or if your appeal isn’t successful, we’ll permanently disable your account. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
2. Meta (Instagram Help Center): My Instagram account was disabled or suspended. Asks you to request a review by following the on-screen instructions. No time limit is stated. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
3. Meta (Instagram Help Center): Appeal Instagram’s content decision to the Oversight Board. Keep in mind that you have 15 days from when the decision was made to appeal to the Oversight Board. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
4. Meta (Instagram Terms of Use): Instagram Terms of Use, section 7 (arbitration). You can opt out of this provision within 30 days of the date that you agreed to these Terms. … If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days of the Notice of Dispute being received, either party may commence arbitration. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
5. TikTok Support: Content violations and bans. If your account is banned, you can log in to the account to submit an appeal… Violations on your TikTok account will expire after 90 days. No appeal deadline is stated for general bans. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
6. TikTok Support: Underage appeals on TikTok. You’ll have 113 days (or 180 days if located in the EEA, U.K., or Switzerland, or 23 days if located in the U.S.) from the date your account is banned to submit an appeal and download your data… we’ll delete your account on day 120 (or day 187…, or day 30…). Checked 24 Oct 2026.
7. X Help Center: About suspended accounts. Explains how to file an appeal while logged in to the suspended account. No time limit is stated. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
8. Google (YouTube Help): Channel or account terminations. Creators have up to 1 year from the date their channel was terminated to submit an appeal. Creators can only submit two appeals within the 1 year period. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
9. Google Account Help: Restore a disabled Google Account. If no further action is taken, your account will be permanently disabled and considered for deletion. No appeal deadline is stated. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
10. Apple Support: If your Apple Account is locked, not active, or disabled. Explains how to unlock the account or request reactivation. No time limit is stated. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
11. Amazon Seller Central (US): Funds disbursement eligibility policy. You can separately appeal to seek any withheld funds by contacting disbursement-appeals@amazon.com at any point after 60 days from the date when your account was deactivated. The deactivation appeal itself has no stated deadline. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
12. PayPal (US User Agreement, updated 14 Sep 2026): PayPal User Agreement. We may hold … for up to 180 days if reasonably needed to protect against the risk of liability or if you have violated our Acceptable Use Policy … [may be longer under a court order or regulatory requirement]. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
13. PayPal (US): Buyer Protection. Item Not Received: within 180 days of payment. Significantly Not as Described: within 30 days of delivery or 180 days of payment, whichever is sooner. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
14. Stripe: Unacceptable Risk Policy. Stripe will typically restrict or pause payouts … for 120 days from the date the User receives the initial email, followed by a formal review. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
15. Stripe: Stripe Services Agreement. Defines a Reserve but states no standard duration. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
16. EUR-Lex: Digital Services Act, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Art. 20–21. Art. 20(1): complaint system available “for a period of at least six months following the decision”, starting on the day you are informed. Art. 21(4): out-of-court bodies decide within 90 calendar days of receiving the complaint, extendable to a maximum of 180 days for highly complex disputes. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
17. Appeals Centre Europe (certified under DSA Art. 21): Frequently asked questions. We can only review platform decisions made against you … within the last 6 months (180 days). Checked 24 Oct 2026.
18. EUR-Lex: GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 12(3)–(4). Information … without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request. That period may be extended by two further months where necessary… The controller shall inform the data subject of any such extension within one month of receipt. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
19. California Legislative Information: Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.130(a)(2)(A). Disclose and deliver the required information … within 45 days of receiving a verifiable consumer request. The time period … may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary, provided the consumer is provided notice of the extension within the first 45-day period. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
20. legislation.gov.uk: UK GDPR, Art. 12A (applicable time period), as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. One month beginning with the relevant time (the latest of receiving the request, any identity information asked for under Art. 12(6), or any fee). The controller may extend by two further months for complexity or number of requests, by notice given within the first month stating the reasons. If the controller reasonably needs more information to identify what an Art. 15 request covers, the days until you reply do not count. Checked 25 Oct 2026.
21. California Privacy Protection Agency: CCPA Regulations, Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 7021 (effective 1 Jan 2026). No later than 10 business days after receiving a request to know, a business shall confirm receipt … Businesses shall respond … no later than 45 calendar days after receipt … regardless of time required to verify the request … up to an additional 45 calendar days … for a maximum total of 90 calendar days … provided that the business provides the consumer with notice and an explanation of the reason. Checked 25 Oct 2026.
22. Judicial Branch of California (self-help): Statute of limitations. Written contract: 4 years (CCP 337). Oral contract: 2 years (CCP 339). Damage to property: 3 years (CCP 338). Personal injury: 2 years (CCP 335.1). Libel or slander: 1 year (CCP 340(c)). Checked 24 Oct 2026.
23. New York State Unified Court System (CourtHelp): Statute of Limitations Timetable. Contract in writing: 6 years; contract oral or not in writing: 6 years (CPLR 213(2)). Libel/Slander: 1 year from act (CPLR 215(3)). Property damage: 3 years (CPLR 214(4)). Checked 24 Oct 2026.
24. Meta (Facebook Commercial Terms): Commercial Terms, section 5.c. If you do not wish to be bound by this provision …, you must notify us … within 30 days of the first acceptance date of any version of these Commercial Terms containing an arbitration provision. [Address:] Meta Platforms, Inc. 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
25. Judicial Branch of California (self-help): Small claims: before you start. Individuals can sue for up to $12,500; businesses up to $6,250. Claims over $2,500 can be filed only twice per calendar year. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
26. Arizona Judicial Branch (azcourts.gov): Small Claims. Small claims … damages of an amount less than $5,000.00. No attorneys unless both parties agree; no jury; no appeal. Checked 24 Oct 2026.
27. Arizona State Legislature: A.R.S. § 22-503. Small claims jurisdiction where the amount involved … does not exceed five thousand dollars. Checked 24 Oct 2026.

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