Instagram is going after meme accounts — which post pictures with slogans — often created by other social-media fanatics and, on many occasions, reposted without giving credit. One such account, spicy. Others, like bnjee and memeextraordinaire, each had over 20, Late last month, Instagram banned more than 30 highly popular pages. The accounts, some of which have millions of followers, repost funny memes and videos. Some meme accounts are both original and wildly popular. Meme accounts are often accused of stealing content from creators without giving proper credit. Elliot Trebele, the creator of a still-active meme page, was forced to apologize last year. The alleged violations included attempts to buy and sell accounts and attempts to improperly obtain usernames. The purge has cost some users thousands of dollars. He made the money through selling shoutouts: Users looking to grow their pages paid Ben to promote those pages on his account. He did not think it would last forever.