Meta, Donald Trump and Facebook

Meta courted Trump. Now comes the backlash from Facebook, Instagram users.
If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media company says.
Meta denies forcing users to follow Trump accounts
Meta, the company which owns social media networks Facebook and Instagram, has denied forcing users to follow official accounts belonging to senior figures in the new Trump administration.Some users of the platforms had complained following Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday that they had "automatically" been made to follow the new president,
Meta Didn't Force Facebook Users To Follow Trump and Vance. Here's Why It Might Seem That Way
Handing over control of the official presidential and vice presidential social media accounts has become a standard part of the transition process.
Fact Check: Is Meta Making Users Follow Trump's and JD Vance's Instagrams?
Instagram users claimed they were being signed up to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance's accounts automatically.
Meta: Unfollowing Trump on Instagram, Facebook may 'take some time'
Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised this week to find that they were suddenly following the accounts of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on Instagram and Facebook.
Meta says it's not automatically making users' accounts follow Trump on Instagram and Facebook
It said follow and unfollow requests may take time as the accounts switch hands to the new Trump administration.
Meta pushes back on claims that it's boosting Trump on Facebook and Instagram
Some Meta users said that they believed they were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance’s pages, and that Instagram was blocking searches for the #democrat hashtag.
Instagram, Facebook users say their accounts automatically followed Trump, Vance and Melania after the inauguration. Here's what we know.
Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Monday, some Instagram and Facebook users started noticing that their accounts were suddenly following Pages associated with the new president, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Liberal Instagram, Facebook users panic, accuse apps of auto-following Trump — before realizing the simple explanation
The lefty account holders were left dumbfounded when posts from the country’s newly sworn-in leaders appeared on their feeds despite never hitting follow for either Trump or Vance.
Users Who Weren't Following Donald Trump and J.D. Vance on Facebook and Instagram Might Be Now. Here's Why
Former President Joe Biden's Facebook and Instagram pages were archived after Trump took office Some Facebook and Instagram users discovered they were following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.
Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democrat hashtags is a bug
Meta's communication director, Andy Stone, responded to the reports on Threads and X. He wrote that people were not made to ...
Did Meta automatically follow Donald Trump on your behalf? The company says no
Meta denies that Instagram and Facebook users were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the inauguration.
Meta is not forcing you to follow President Donald Trump. Here's what happened.
Meta not forcing users to follow President Trump. White House accounts are always transferred to the new administration.
Trump calls out big banks and sides with Apple and Meta in a speech to the world's most powerful leaders at Davos
Trump's virtual appearance at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos was full of promises and threats.
Demi Lovato & Gracie Abrams Call Out “Shady” Meta For Blocking Them From Unfollowing Donald Trump & JD Vance; Tech Company Admits Problem
Demi Lovato and Gracie Abrams called out Meta for not letting them unfollow social media accounts for Donald Trump and JD ...
Mark Zuckerberg at inauguration 2025: See photos of Meta CEO as Donald Trump sworn in
Tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg was in attendance at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday. The billionaire CEO of ...
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Pro-Israel megadonor Miriam Adelson takes center stage at Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration
The woman was Miriam Adelson, the pro-Israel megadonor who helped propel Trump to both electoral wins and who is hosting an ...
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg blamed former lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg for pushing ‘inclusivity initiative’ in meeting with Trump aides: report
Stephen Miller told Zuckerberg that the billionaire mogul had “an opportunity to help reform America, but it would be on ...