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My instagram keeps asking me to verify my account but whenever I put in my phone number, it doesn't send me the text. And it wont let me do anything, so how do i fix it without making a new one?

This is a way for Instagram to hold accounts hostage that they do not want using their service.

I maintained a profile that flirted with their terms of service, more specifically, section 2 of their Basic Terms: 

You may not post violent, nude, PARTIALLY nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually SUGGESTIVE photos or other content … Read more