Privacy Settings no longer work

I have always had my settings set to "Contacts Only" and have verified that they are still set that way. My photo is also hidden. Yet several times a week I now receive unsolicited messages from men wanting to connect with me! Why is this happening and how do I stop it? I have no interest in talking to men who troll the internet looking for women with online accounts!

I had the same issue and solved it by going to Settings > General > Restrictions > Privacy: Photos and somehow Facebook had a restriction on! Once I selected "Allow Changes," I rebooted my phone, and when I opened both Facebook and Instagram, they both asked for photo access.

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