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I read this article https://www.followchain.org/account-disabled-violating-terms... saying you may need to do it multiple times. I finally relinquished and did it 3 times. No response at all. This is such BS.

They also won't act on trademark claims until a suit is filed. Been down that rabbit hole too.

D̶o̶e̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶l̶i̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶t̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶M̶C̶A̶?̶

edit: whoops, I misread the parent. I swear I know the difference between various IP types!

The DMCA covers copyright violations, not trademark.

I don't think DMCA touches trademark.

And depending on what you mean by "lose liability protections" for ignoring valid takedowns, I'm pretty sure that applies to the specific item and they don't stop being a safe harbor in general.

Same here. I was fairly active on my Instagram and used it directly from the app on my phone. One day, while using the search function, I suddenly got locked out.

I sent in the selfie and haven't heard back in over 6 months.