Meta, Donald Trump and Facebook

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 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.
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 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.
Here's why you might already be following Donald Trump, JD Vance on Instagram, Facebook
Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.
Trump and Vance see Instagram followers plummet after backlash
Instagram users have led a campaign to unfollow the new president and vice president en masse after backlash against the app’s parent company. Users noticed the day after the inauguration, that many were unknowingly following Trump and Vance’s official accounts.
Why Are Meta Users Automatically Following Trump and Vance On Its Platforms? Here’s What We Know
In an unexpected twist, following President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, Instagram and Facebook users began noticing ...
Here’s Why You’re Suddenly Following Donald Trump on Instagram, Even if You Didn’t Want To
It may take some time for follow and unfollow requests to go through as these accounts change hands.” Essentially, if you ...
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.
Some Trump voters are skeptical of his opening moves to embrace fellow billionaires
Some of President Donald Trump's working-class and middle-class supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs ...
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.
Mark Zuckerberg at inauguration 2025: See photos of Meta CEO as Donald Trump sworn in
The Meta CEO met with Trump after his win in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple reports including CBS and ...
Donald Trump warns China’s new DeepSeek AI is a ‘wake up call’ for Silicon Valley
The Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s latest large language model has been described as a ‘Sputnik moment’ for the American tech ...
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Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back
Zuckerberg’s decision may have been an effort to court U.S. President Donald Trump, who has frequently railed against the ...