Deane

Ms Deane's UK-based business, which is named after her, sells wedding dresses online, with her biggest market being the US.

In the end the matter was finally resolved for Ms Deane because someone in the firm had a contact at Facebook, and the team emailed that person daily for the four months.

When wedding dress designer Catherine Deane saw her company's Instagram account get hacked, she says it was "devastating".

This was the stamp of authenticity that Ms Deane had long sought.

������ added to Ms Deane's anguish was that she says she had to fight with Meta to get her account back, which took four months.