Hundreds of porn stars are calling out Instagram for deleting their accounts, despite them not showing any nudity or sex.

The Adult Performers Actors Guild — a union representing people in the porn industry — has collated a list of more than 1300 performers whose accounts have been removed for violations of the social media platform's community guidelines, BBC News reported.

"They discriminate against us because they don't like what we do for a living," said APAG president Alana Evans.

GETTY IMAGES Alana Evans, an adult actress, is the president of the Adult Performers Actors Guild.

Evans told the BBC they had met with Instagram representatives in June to express their concerns, and a new appeal process was put in place. But members' accounts keep being deleted.

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Adult performers argue they use the platform to promote their personal brands and engage with their fans, like any other high-profile personality.

CARL COURT/GETTY IMAGES Instagram has been removing adult performers' accounts, saying they go against their community guidelines.

While their posts may be provocative, they claim Instagram does not fairly enforce its rules, with a much higher tolerance for risque content from more famous celebrities.

Webcam model Ginger Banks said she was frustrated by this double standard.

"I've never posted explicit images on Instagram," she told the BBC.

"But even a picture of me wearing leggings could be extremely provocative to someone, and worthy of being reported. We're letting these businesses determine what is art and what is pornography, and then punish us."

A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, told the BBC: "With such a globally diverse community, we have to put rules in place around nudity and sexual solicitation to ensure content is appropriate for everyone, particularly young people.

"We will take action on content reported to us if it breaks these rules. We give people the opportunity to appeal the decision and will reinstate content if we mistakenly remove something."

Instagram's community guidelines define "nudity" as photos, videos and digitally-created content which show sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks.

Photos of female nipples are also banned, except those showing post-mastectomy scarring and breastfeeding.