Guides for getting your accounts, content and brand back under control
Practical, step-by-step guides from the DrutoScan team: recovering hacked accounts, reporting fake profiles, taking down stolen photos, keeping posts within platform rules, publishing across platforms and running ads.
Account Recovery
About this service →How to Recover a Hacked Facebook Account: A Step-by-Step Guide
Locked out of Facebook after a hack? What to do in the first hour, how to use Facebook’s official recovery flow, and how to stop it happening again.
4 min readInstagram Account Hacked? How to Get It Back
The official ways to recover a hacked Instagram account: the security email link, the in-app recovery flow, video selfie checks, and what to secure afterwards.
3 min readFacebook or Instagram Account Disabled? How to Appeal the Right Way
Why Meta disables accounts, the difference between hacked and disabled, how to file an appeal that gets read, and what to do if the decision stands.
3 min readHow to Recover a Hacked or Locked Gmail (Google) Account
Use Google’s account recovery page the way Google expects: which device to use, how to answer the questions, and how to secure YouTube and everything linked.
3 min readYou Got Your Account Back. Here’s How to Lock It Down
A 10-step checklist for the hour after you recover a hacked social media or email account, so the attacker can’t walk straight back in.
3 min readImpersonation & Harassment
About this service →How to Report a Fake Instagram Account Pretending to Be You
How to report an Instagram account that copies your name and photos, what proof Instagram asks for, and what to do if the first report is rejected.
3 min readHow to Report a Fake Facebook Profile or Page Using Your Name
Report a Facebook profile or Page that impersonates you or your business, what evidence to keep, and how to protect your real account while it’s up.
3 min readSomeone Is Pretending to Be Me Online. What Can I Do?
A calm, step-by-step plan when someone impersonates you online: secure your accounts, collect evidence, report on each platform, and know when to go further.
3 min readHow to Document Online Harassment So Platforms and Police Take It Seriously
What to capture, how to store it, and how to present harassment evidence so platform reviewers, lawyers and police can act on it.
3 min readScammers Posing as Your Business’s Support Team: How to Spot and Shut Them Down
How fake “customer support” accounts target your customers, how to find them early, and which reports remove them fastest.
3 min readBrand Protection
About this service →Someone Stole My Photos: How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice
What a DMCA takedown notice is, what it must contain, where to send it, and what happens next when a website or account uses your photos without permission.
3 min readHow to Find Out Where Your Photos Are Being Used Online
How reverse image search works, which tools to use, why each finds different copies, and how to keep watching instead of checking once.
3 min readA Fake Website Is Copying My Brand: How to Find It and Take It Down
How lookalike domains and phishing copies of your site work, how to find them, and who to report them to: host, registrar, Google and the domain dispute process.
3 min readCounterfeit Listings on Amazon, eBay and Walmart: How Brands Fight Back
How to find marketplace listings that misuse your brand or photos, the rights-owner programmes each marketplace runs, and what makes a report succeed.
3 min readWhat Happens After a Takedown? Counter-Notices, Timelines and Re-Uploads
What to expect after you send a takedown: how platforms respond, what a counter-notice means for you, how long it takes, and how to deal with copies that come back.
3 min readContent Risk Scanner
About this service →Why Was My Post Removed? Common Reasons on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube
The most common reasons platforms remove posts or videos, how to read the notice you got, and how to appeal or avoid it next time.
3 min readAm I Shadowbanned? Signs, Causes and What Actually Helps
What people mean by a shadowban, what platforms actually do to limit reach, how to check your account status, and the steps that genuinely help.
3 min readHow to Avoid Copyright Strikes for Music in Your Videos
Why music causes most video removals, the difference between a Content ID claim and a strike, and safe ways to use music on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
3 min readCommunity Guidelines Strikes Explained: How They Work and How to Recover
How warnings, strikes and penalties work on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, how long they last, and how to protect an account that has some.
3 min readBefore You Hit Publish: A Content Safety Checklist for Creators and Brands
A practical checklist to run before every post: rights, sensitive topics, claims, disclosures, links and accessibility, so content stays up and reaches people.
3 min readMulti-Platform Publishing
About this service →How to Post to Multiple Social Media Platforms Without Losing Your Mind
A simple workflow for publishing to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and LinkedIn from one place, and what to adapt for each platform.
3 min readVideo Sizes for Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts: A Practical Guide
The aspect ratios and resolutions that work for vertical video on Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, plus safe zones and export settings.
3 min readHow to Build a Social Media Content Calendar for a Small Business
A simple, realistic way to plan a month of posts: content pillars, posting frequency you can keep up, a weekly rhythm and how to measure what works.
3 min readHow to Turn One Video Into a Week of Content Across Platforms
A practical method to turn one longer video into short clips, carousels, quotes and posts for each platform, without copying the same file everywhere.
3 min readWhy a Tool Should Never Ask for Your Password: Connecting Social Accounts Safely
How official sign-in (OAuth) works, why sharing passwords with tools is risky, and how to review and remove the apps connected to your accounts.
3 min readBusiness Ads Management
About this service →Facebook Ad Account Disabled? How to Request a Review
Why Meta restricts ad accounts, where to see the reason, how to request a review in Account Quality, and how to keep ads running after reinstatement.
3 min readWhy Was My Ad Rejected? Common Policy Reasons on Meta and Google
The most common reasons Meta and Google reject ads, from personal attributes to misleading claims and landing pages, and how to fix and resubmit them.
3 min readHow Much Should a Small Business Spend on Social Media Ads?
A practical way to set your first ad budget from your own numbers: what a customer is worth, test budgets, when to scale, and what to measure.
3 min readHow to Track Whether Your Ads Actually Work: UTM Links, Pixels and Conversions
A plain-language guide to UTM parameters, the Meta Pixel and Conversions API, Google conversion tracking, and how to read the numbers without fooling yourself.
3 min readBoosted Post or Ads Manager? Which Should You Use?
The real differences between boosting a post and creating a campaign in Meta Ads Manager: goals, targeting, placements and measurement, and when each makes sense.
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