US EditionMeta 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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Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's company, is facing a wave of criticism after numerous Facebook and Instagram users discovered that they had become, apparently without consent, followers of the official pages of the new president of the United States, members of his family and other top politicians. The incident coincided with the president's inauguration, sparking a wave of negative reactions and conspiracy theories on social networks. Explanations that…
Meta Does Not Force Users to Follow Trump on Instagram and Facebook, Company Says
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, denies claims that its platforms forced users to follow the accounts of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Many users had complained that their accounts followed Trump and Vance automatically after they were sworn into office. Meta in a statement on Wednesday reassured users that the company isn’t forcing the follows or controlling their accounts. “People were not made to autom…
The American giant Meta has denied having forced users to follow accounts of the new Trump administration without their agreement.
Search results for “Democratic” hashtags that are hidden, Facebook users who suddenly automatically follow the U.S. Vice President. Are they incidents or is there more to it?
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