‘Really frustrating bureaucracy’: Totally Tea + Coffee owner to create documentary about court battle against Facebook

Emmett Soldati deals with more than hot beverages and scones behind the scenes of Concord’s Totally Tea + Coffee, formerly named Teatotaller. His more recent escapades transcend into a world of cameras, scripts and a lens focused on years of his battle against his personal Goliath: Facebook. In 2018, the official Teatotaller Instagram account was deleted “without notice,” Soldati said. He filed a small claims case against Facebook, which owns Instagram, in Dover Small Claims Court. According to court documents, he alleged that Facebook deleted the Instagram account and gave contradicting statements as to the reason for deletion. He also stated that Teatotaller was losing business because of this, facing repercussions without reason. When it was deleted, there was sort of no warning; it just was deleted,” said Soldati, who was told the deletion occurred because of a violation of the terms of service.

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