Andrés Iniesta loses Instagram account to Andrés Iniesta, Instagram apologises to Andrés Iniesta
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#EWKK)
Case of mistaken identity bumps Spanish Instagram user off social network, replacing him with his footballing namesake
Instagram has apologised after it handed control of a Spanish user's account over to a Barcelona football player with the same name.
Andri(C)s Iniesta, from Madrid, is the holder of the @ainiesta Instagram account. Andri(C)s Iniesta, from Fuentealbilla, is the captain of Barcelona football club. The former Iniesta woke up on Wednesday to find that access to his Instagram account was blocked.
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