KEY POINTS

  • Renee Gracie said Instagram did not explain to her why it banned her account
  • She said Donald Trump is an example of how social media platforms are starting to take responsibility
  • Gracie admitted that the Instagram ban would impact her financially

Renee Gracie is fuming after Instagram banned her from the platform without any reason.

The porn star had been sharing raunchy photos on the platform where she usually promotes her own brand and OnlyFans account to her 750,000 followers. However, the social media giant suddenly banned her account and Gracie said the suspension made her feel like she was President Donald Trump who was recently banned on multiple social media platforms.

"I feel like Donald Trump," she told The Daily Telegraph.

“When I told my Dad I had been banned he said ‘you’ve done Donald Trump’ and I said I’m not inciting violence – make love not war. (Trump) is an example of how these social media platforms are starting to take responsibility. The last week has proven that."

Gracie also spoke about the Instagram ban with Daily Mail Australia. According to her, the suspension wasn’t clear to her because Instagram didn’t give her any reason. She also insisted that she didn’t do anything wrong because she was cautious whenever she posted content online.

"I just woke up and I can't log in. They [Instagram] haven't given me any reason which I think is the hardest thing [to deal with]," Gracie told Daily Mail Australia.

Gracie said she followed the platform's rules and guidelines and even removed a link to her OnlyFans account. She found out that she was not the only adult entertainer that was banned on Instagram because a number of other girls also lost their accounts, adding that it could cost creators like her $15,000 a month.

"I was cautious with the things I was saying in my comments. The photos I was uploading. All that sort of stuff," she continued.

"It will impact me financially in some areas. [For some girls] Five, ten to $15,000 dollars a month easily. It would be devastating for people who lost their account.”

For Gracie, her posts were not different or worse than what companies uploading girls in bikinis do. Following the ban, she was surprised that Instagram is very strict but felt that it only controlled those in the sex industry.

"It's a bit crazy to think that it's that strict. It's a wild time to be alive," she said. "The sex industry and the sex work industry is something that has been around longer than Instagram."

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Renee Gracie driver of the #360 Harvey Norman Super Girls Nissan Altima poses for a photo prior to practice for the Bathurst 1000, which is race 21 of the Supercars Championship at Mount Panorama on October 8, 2016 in Bathurst, Australia. Getty Images/Daniel Kalisz