Meta Faces Backlash Over Automatic Follow Transition and Hashtag Glitch
- Some Meta social media users reported that their accounts re-followed profiles of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and First Lady Melania Trump after unfollowing them once Trump took office for his second term.
- Meta Communications Director Andy Stone stated that users were not made to automatically follow any official accounts for the President, Vice President, or First Lady.
- A Meta representative explained that users see posts from @POTUS, @VP, and @FLOTUS due to account handoffs during a presidential transition.
- Meta confirmed that users who previously followed accounts continue to follow them and the former administration's archive accounts during a power transition.
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